Posted in Free Fouad on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Blogger behind bars
The Saudi authorities are holding blogger Fouad Farhan in detention – but without giving any reason for his arrest
December 29, 2007 3:00 PM | Printable version
Fouad Farhan
As 2007 nears its end, it is not without scary signs that negatively affect the right to free speech in Saudi Arabia. The year is ending [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
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Antony Loewenstein
26 December 2007 in General.
During my recent trip to Saudi Arabia – to research information for my upcoming book on the internet in repressive regimes – I spent time with blogger and activist Fouad Al Farhan, a generous, critical and warm man. He’s now allegedly been [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 28, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF condemns the detention of blogger Ahmad Fouad Al-Farhan ( http://www.alfarhan.org ) since 10 December 2007. His family does not know where he is being held or what he is charged with. He said on his blog a few days before his arrest that he was expecting a summons from the interior [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Global Voices Advocacy newsletter: The leading Saudi blogger, Fouad Alfarhan, who has been arrested in Jeddah on December 10, 2007 for exercising his freedom of speech on his popular blog alfarhan.org has sent a letter few days before his arrest to his friends:
I was told that there is an official order from a high-ranking official [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
New York, December 26, 2007-The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the ongoing detention of a leading pro-reform Saudi blogger who has been held without charge since early this month.
On December 10, Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan, a 32-year-old blogger who runs the site Alfarhan, was detained by Saudi security agents at the [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 26, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The leading Saudi blogger, Fouad Alfarhan, who has been arrested in Jeddah on December 10, 2007 for exercising his freedom of speech on his popular blog alfarhan.org has sent a letter few days before his arrest to his friends:
I was told that there is an official order from a high-ranking official in the Ministry [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information stated today that the Saudi authority should reveal the reasons behind taking the famous Saudi blogger Fouad El Farhan in detention, and the reasons behind kidnapping him from his job premise two weeks ago, namely on December 10, 2007, which is the world human rights day.
The Saudi security [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Saudi Arabia added yet another accolade to its freedom of speech record by arresting its first blogger. Fouad Al Farhan, considered by many as being the dean of Saudi bloggers for being among the first to blog in his country using his real name, has been arrested in Jeddah. No further news is available for [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 24, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Fouad Al Farhan, a leading Saudi blogger, has been arrested in Jeddah about two weeks ago. The reasons behind the detention of Al Farhan remain unclear, but it is known that he had to shut down his blog previously after being harassed by some authorities. He remained on hiatus for a few months, but he [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on December 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Saudi blogger, Fuad Al-Farhan, noted for his promotion of moderate reform in Saudi Arabia has been arrested for a second time in just over a year. Saudi and other Gulf Arab blogs have been commenting on it and calling for his release. Exactly what he did to get arrested isn’t known, but as this [...]
