Ensaf Haidar
Ensaf Haidar | |
|---|---|
| إنصاف حيدر | |
Haidar in 2015 | |
| Born | 1975 (age 49–50) |
| Nationality | Saudi Arabia Canada |
| Occupation(s) | Author, Human rights activist |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Samar Badawi (sister-in-law) |
Ensaf Haidar (Arabic: إنصاف حيدر; born 1975) is a Saudi-Canadian human rights activist. Born in Jizan, Saudi Arabia, Haidar is the wife of Raif Badawi, a Saudi writer, dissident and activist who was sentenced to ten years in prison and 1000 lashes in 2014. She actively campaigns for his freedom. Haidar is the President of the Raif Badawi Foundation for Freedom, which actively campaigns for freedom of speech and human rights awareness in the Arab World. She ran as the Bloc Quebecois candidate in Sherbrooke for the 2021 Canadian federal election but was defeated.