By Nic Robertson and Wayne Drash
CNN
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) — A top Saudi blogger who was jailed late last year remains in prison more than two months later for unspecified, non-security matters — and there are few signs that he will be freed anytime soon.
Web sites like this one are pushing for Fouad al-Farhan’s freedom.
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Archive for February, 2008
No freedom for ‘dean of Saudi bloggers’
Posted in Free Fouad on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saudi blogger still in detention
Posted in Free Fouad on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When President Bush came to Saudi Arabia a month ago it raised hopes that jailed Saudi blogger Fuad Al-Farhan would be released.
By then the 30-year-old businessman had been locked up without charge for more than 30 days. Only his father had been able to visit him. He said Al-Farhan had lost weight.
Courtesy alfarhan.org
I was here [...]
Blogger’s Family Urges Authorities to Allow Prison Visits
Posted in Free Fouad on February 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ebtihal Mubarak, Arab News
JEDDAH — The family members of the detained Saudi blogger Fouad Al-Farhan said yesterday that although Saudi authorities allowed Al-Farhan for the first time to make a telephone call from Jeddah’s Dahban Prison on Feb. 12 they would still like to continue to visit him.
Prior to the telephone call, the 32-year-old Saudi [...]
Fouad’s Week
Posted in Free Fouad on February 7, 2008 | 23 Comments »
This coming Sunday February 10th marks the end of the second month which Saudi Blogger Fouad Al-Farhan spends in detention without being charged. Therefore; we invite all bloggers to participate in week long event which we are calling: “Fouad’s Week”, in which we are going to embrace “We Are All Fouads” as a slogan.
The event [...]
FREE FOUAD AL-FARHAN
Posted in Free Fouad on February 6, 2008 | 6 Comments »
FREE FOUAD AL-FARHAN
“I don’t want to be forgotten in jail”
What: Vigil in front of the Saudi Embassy to demand the release Fouad Al-Farhan (32) who remains in detention since December 11, 2007 for unspecified charges. Al-Farhan is the most prominent Saudi Blogger and is nicknamed “the Godfather” because he was among the first, and the [...]
