Activists say they fear Saudi Arabia’s new king will not do enough to clean up the kingdom’s human rights record.<br /><br /> As King Salman took up power, protesters gathered in Paris to call for the country to free blogger Raif Badawi.<br /><br /> He has been sentenced to 10 years in jail and one thousand lashes for insulting Islam and cyber crime among other charges. <br /><br /> “We hope that the international pressure in that case, the Raif Badawi case, will be a success. And that the new King Salman will pardon Raif Badawi and that really things will change in that country,” said Christophe Deloire, General Secretary of Reporters Without Borders (RSF).<br /><br /> King Salman has pledged continuity since succeeding his brother Abdullah, who died early on Friday.<br /><br /> It is not the commitment activists wanted to hear, as they accuse Saudi Arabia of multiple human rights abuses. <br /><br /> The Paris demonstrators were set to submit a petition, bearing 50-thousand signatures, to the Saudi Embassy – to increase pressure for Badawi t
