Synonyms for flogging
flog·ging

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1. whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellationnoun

   beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment

   Synonyms:
   trouncing, flagellation, thrashing, debacle, whipstitch, walloping, lashing, drubbing, whipping, whipstitching, tanning, beating, slaughter

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1. List of paraphrases for "flogging":

   whipping, caning, whip, skin, lashing

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1. Amnesty International:

   The flogging of Raif Badawi is a vicious act of cruelty which is prohibited under international law, by ignoring international calls to cancel the flogging Saudi Arabia's authorities have demonstrated an abhorrent disregard for the most basic human rights principles.

2. Said Boumedouha:

   The world’s spotlight is shining on Saudi Arabia. If authorities ignore widespread criticism and unashamedly continue with the flogging of Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia would be demonstrating contempt for international law and disregard for world opinion, flogging and other forms of corporal judicial punishment violate the prohibition of torture and other ill-treatment. By continuing to dole out this inhuman punishment the Saudi Arabian authorities are flagrantly flouting basic human rights principles.

3. Hussam Eesa:

   They torture the children – mostly flogging, beating on the hands and feet, and psychological torture.

4. Amnesty International Iran researcher:

   This punishment exposes the utter brutality of Iran's justice system and underlines the Iranian authorities' shocking disregard for basic humanity, meting out cruel and inhuman retribution punishments is not justice. Blinding, like stoning, amputation and flogging, is a form of corporal punishment prohibited by international law. Such punishments should not be carried out under any circumstances.

5. Philip Luther:

   The circumstances of this case are absolutely shocking, representing another horrific example of the Iranian authorities’ warped priorities, no one, regardless of age, should be subjected to flogging; that a child was prosecuted for consuming alcohol and sentenced to 80 lashes beggars belief.