The Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemns statements issued by some countries and international organisations regarding the case of Saudi citizen Raif Badawi. This has been done despite neither the judiciary nor any official body of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issuing any further statements regarding the case.

The judiciary is an independent body and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia rejects any form of interference in its internal affairs and any impingement on its sovereignty or the independence and impartiality of its judiciary.