Update 2: Released! - Update on Fouad Al-Farhan: His blog goes down along with him

Update 2: Prominent Saudi blogger Fouad Alfarhan was freed today. He is back home in Jeddah after 137 days in custody. Alfarhan was arrested on 10 December 2007 for unspecified “violation of non-security regulations.” ~ Global Voices

I did post something about Fouad Al-Farhan few months ago in regards of his arrest and how the Western press pressured The [...]


Web communities influence Saudi Gov’t to release Blogger Fouad sooner?

When you get to hear about a such blogger getting arrested in Middle East, you really shouldn’t be that surprised since it is almost a such common thing to happen “i.e. Blogger Alaa in Jail” in a such region. Well, this has been emphasized today with the confirmed detention of outspoken Saudi blogger Fouad Al-Farhan [...]