Backlash TwitterStorm 2 June 2015

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#Backlash TwitterStorm 2 June 2015 | #FreeRaif #RaifBadawi #Backlash | 8pm EST - 1am BST
- Please copy and paste the tweets if you can, do not simply RT as it will not count towards a possible trending.

#BACKLASH is run by @backlashgroup, a social media driven organisation that is designed to speak out for those who can’t around the world. Over the next 15 weeks we are creating a storm around a social media protest designed to release the Saudi blogger Raif Badawi from prison. He was captured for being too “liberal” in his viewpoint and peaceful criticism of the extreme Saudi Monarchic rule. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes (enough to a kill a man). He received 50 and he was then medically unfit to receive more. The Saudi’s are afraid of social media and how quickly ideas and mobilisation of opinion can happen.

We are not!

We aim to raise awareness about Raif and prevent the Saudi’s from retrying him on further charges of apostasy, which would result in a possible sentence of beheading. Raif Badawi is a symbol and represents the other 30,000 prisoners of conscience that are currently imprisoned in the Saudi Kingdom.

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The Fifth Column: http://thefifthcolumnnews.com/2015/06/why-you-should-care-about-the-backlash/
Raif Badawi in the news: http://bit.ly/RaifBadawiNews
Raif Badawi on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/free.badawi
Raif Badawi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/raif_badawi

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#Backlash TwitterStorm | Please copy and paste, do not simply RT as it will not count @backlashgroup

#FREE RAIF BADAWI NOW. UNCONDITIONALLY #backlash

30k prisoners? Possible Raif execution sentence? He didn’t even insult Islam! Just #saudi ego

Speak out for those who can’t and #backlash

#backlash censorship and #saudi TORTURE

LOL, lipstick + social media make #saudi #censorship sweat. #backlash yey

If you blogged, then got flogged, then might get executed, would you want people to speak out for you? #backlash

Fight torture with lipstick. #Backlash #saudi censorship

Peacefully protest with #backlash. Grab some lipstick now!

What if you were recording your blog 1 day, then the door got kicked in, then you had 10 years in jail. #backlash!

Blogging means flogging in #saudi. All these people getting naked for Raif. But really #saudi? #backlash

#backlash with red lipstick to save and #FreeRaif Badawi

Fight hate with lipstick. #backlash with red lipstick to save and #FreeRaif

Make a #backlash now and get talking about what is happening in #ksa. Nightmare place to live

So they call it ‘chop chop’ square, and that’s where they chop people’s heads off? Anyone else think this is WRONG? #backlash

Smudges will be made! #backlash with @backlashgroup

Human rights aren’t just for a lucky few. They are for ALL HUMANS. #backlash against people getting tortured

Help make smudges on #saudi history with lipstick. Join #backlash

Persecuted for just saying that maybe being more liberal would be a good thing for a country. Crazy! #backlash

$100,000 fine for blogging about liberalism, free speech and about it not being cool to torture. :( #backlash

#FreeRaif #backlash #StopTorture #StopTorture #NoDeathPenalty #SaudiArabia

#FreeRaif #Immediately and #Unconditionally! #backlash #Tweetstorm is growing

#winteriscoming The #backlash is growing stronger. @backlashgroup

We should send John Snow in to save @raif_badawi #backlash protest needs more #GameOfThrones

Fighting hate with hate just creates more hate! When will people learn? Help #backlash #saudi version of being Muslim

#saudi torture and extremism gives Islam a bad name. I hope #backlash makes that clear

Humans torturing humans makes me sick. Wikipedia and Google Translate cut off to stop knowledge spreading! #backlash

Blogger #backlash. It’s about time a big group of people said that muddying the name of Islam is wrong

Social media can make change happen. The more we talk, the more pressure we create. Help #backlash protest

That phone thing in your pocket? Yeah, it can help your voice your opinion about people being tortured for blogging #backlash

#backlash with your phone! Take a lipstick lash picture and @backlashgroup

Oppression and biased censorship squash ideas and ideals. We need to #backlash with @backlashgroup!

Lipstick, check. Top off, check. Awkward selfie, check. #backlash picture tweeted to @backlashgroup, check!!

Aggression creates aggression. It’s simple really. Peacefully protest and show the world that #backlash torture is unacceptable

Let’s make the world talk about #saudi oppression and #backlash

#FreeRaif Badawi #saudi! Ramadan pardon? #backlash

We’ve seen a lot of lipstick and backs. Now we need to se @raif_badawi released. The internet wins #backlash

#backlash @raif_badawi is a hero of free speech and a symbol of a liberal mindset. #FreeRaif

Join @backlashgroup in their #backlash protest against #saudi hypocrisy!

#FreeRaifBadawi #Immediately and #Unconditionally! Post a #backlash