British Citizen In Saudi Arabia Faces Public Flogging For Carrying WineIn His Car.

A British citizen living in Saudi Arabia faces public flogging after Islamic authorities found wine hidden in his car. His case is drawing criticism of Western indifference towards human rights issues in the Middle Eastern country. 

Saudi police found wine in Andree’s car in August 2014, and he has since been serving a yearlong sentence for possessing alcohol – an illegal act in the Islamic country punishable by 80 lashes or more. Andree has yet to be released from prison, and his children say their father could now face public flogging upon completing his jail time, Reuters reported. 

“We implore [Prime Minister] David Cameron to personally intervene and help get our father home,” the family said in a statement to the Sun. “The Saudi government will only listen to him.”