Cenk Uygur
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Man Faces Hundreds Of Lashes For Transporting Wine
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October 17, 2015
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6:05Now PlayingA man from the UK, who has been living in Saudi Arabia the last 10 years has been in prison there for a year. He was convicted of transporting wine. Though he will be getting out of jail soon he faces a vicious 360 lashes. His family and the British government are trying to spare him from that. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian (The Point) hosts of The Young Turks discuss.
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“It follows concern from the children of Karl Andree that the 74-year-old will receive 360 lashes for the crime.
But BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner said Saudi and UK officials had assured him "there was never any question" of Mr Andree being flogged.
Delays in Saudi bureaucracy meant his release papers were held up, he said.
Our correspondent said Saudi officials had given private assurances to the UK Foreign Office.
Mr Andree has already spent more than a year in prison since being arrested by Saudi religious police.”
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