Saudi Arabia has postponed the next round of flogging for a blogger, sentenced to one-thousand lashes for insulting Islam, because the wounds from his first beating haven't healed.

The public flogging of Raef Badawi, who's also serving a 10-year jail sentence, has sparked an international outcry and a campaign by Amnesty International and other rights groups to free him.

Badawi received the first 50 lashes of his sentence a week ago outside a mosque in the Red Sea city of Jeddah.

He's expected to undergo a total of 20 flogging sessions until his punishment is complete.