human rights. 1000 lashes and 10 years' im prisonment was the sentence handed down to blogger raif badawi. in saudi arabia the call for freedom of expression is fairly seen as a threat to national security. the activists goes on to say that people must be allowed to speak and become politically active. or one day they will turn to guns. there's no other solution. religion and politics are closely linked in saudi arabia. the royal family supports a very strict interpretation of islam. in return, spiritual leaders do not question the supremacy of the king. ahmed seif el dim is among the most influential legal scholars in saudi arabia. he says that because saudi arabia is surrounded by war and conflict, people need to agree that terrorist to rise up against the authorities must fail. -- who rise up against the authorities must fail. >> obviously, they are adding fuel to the fire. they're not going to get anywhere. governments have the power, the arms, the strength. you cannot fight a government. there is no way we can keep this place safe and put out the fires around us, except if we put our

called out the saudi "dictatorship" for violating women's rights and for the flogging of blogger raif badawisaudi arabia has recalled its ambassador from stockholm while sweden says it will cancel a military cooperation agreement. the top u.n. investigator on torture claims the u.s. is stonewalling his probe of conditions at american prisons. juan mendez said he's been refused permission to visit state and federal prisons throughout the united states. mr. mendez: they said that federal prisons were unavailable, and i saw to find out what they mean by unavailable because i cannot accept an invitation that says go to california prisons if federal prisons are off-limits to me because if i do that, then every country has every right, like gambia, for example, to say you can visit this present but not this maximum-security wing. i fully expect the united states to secure invitations from state prisons to me, but also to be able to visit federal prisons as well. amy: juan mendez says he's particularly concerned with the solitary confinement subjected to some 80,000 prisoners. he also says the u.s.