Saudi Arabian rights activist Raif Badawi will not be flogged Friday for medical reasons, his wife said.
Badawi, convicted on charges that included insulting Islam, had been scheduled to receive the second of 20 sentenced floggings after Friday prayers in Jeddah. He received the first flogging on January 9.
A doctor who examined him before the scheduled flogging determined that his wounds had not yet healed and that the flogging should be delayed, human rights group Amnesty International said.
Badawi’s wife, Ensaf Haida, said she expects the floggings to resume next Friday.
Badawi was convicted in 2014 after creating an online forum in 2008 that his wife says was meant to encourage discussion about faith.