German Economics Minister Sigmar Gabriel, on a visit to Saudi Arabia, has spoken about human rights in the country.
He specifically criticised the authorities for its harsh treatment of blogger Raif Badawi, who has been imprisoned for 10 years for "insulting Islam".
German news agency DPA quoted Gabriel as saying: "the harshness of this sentence, especially the corporal punishment, is something unimaginable for us, and of course it weighs on our relations."
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