[[File:Jimmy Wales calls for Raif Badawi's freedom.webm|thumb|[[Jimmy Wales]] calls for Badawi's freedom on 17 June 2015 "Day of Action for Raif".]]
Mahkamah agung Arab Saudi [[Saudi Supreme Court]] mengangkat kasus Badawi dan terjadi ketakutan dimana terdapat kemungkinan bahwa Badawi bisa dihukum cambuk kembali setelah sholat Jumat [[Friday prayers]] pada 12 Juni 2015. Pelaksanaan hukuman ditunda lagi beberapa jam hours before it was due to be inflicted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/raif-badawi-granted-quebec-immigration-selection-certificate-1.3110623|title=Quebec opens its doors to imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi|publisher=|access-date=12 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613170622/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/raif-badawi-granted-quebec-immigration-selection-certificate-1.3110623|archive-date=13 June 2015|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Istri Badawi Badawi meyakini bahwa kondisi fisik dan psikis suaminya sangat buruk, dan dia juga takut adanya kemungkinan suaminya dihukum dengan cara dibiarkan"mati perlahan-lahan" di penjara.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-33105945/saudi-blogger-raif-badawi-sentence-a-slow-death-says-wife|title=Saudi blogger's 'slow death sentence'|date=12 June 2015|publisher=|via=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=21 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190123225410/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-middle-east-33105945/saudi-blogger-raif-badawi-sentence-a-slow-death-says-wife|archive-date=23 January 2019|dead-url=no|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
