Ensaf Haidar, Badawi’s wife, said on Sunday that the decision to uphold the ruling was made by Saudi Arabia‘s Supreme Court. The judgment comes despite the denunciation of the Saudi regime’s treatment of the 31-year-old activist by the United Nations, the European Union, and many other international rights bodies and countries.

„This is a final decision that is irrevocable,“ AFP quoted Haidar as saying, who added, „This decision has shocked me.“