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Ensaf Haidar | |
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إنصاف حيدر | |
![]() Haidar in 2015 | |
Born | 1975 (age 48–49)[1] |
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.[2] 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.[3] She ran as the Bloc Quebecois candidate in Sherbrooke for the 2021 Canadian federal election[4] but was defeated.[5]