Posted in Free Fouad on April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Someone at CITC has decided to go on a blocking spree this morning and went to ban access to the alfarhan.org, freefouad.com and Horyiat blog. After detaining Fouad Al Farhan for more than 100 days because he spoke his mind, now they are trying to stop people from reading his ideas. Pathetic.
The authorities are yet [...]
Posted in Free Fouad, tagged Arabia, blog, blogger, fouad, freedom, Saudi on March 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
90 days after her father was detained for blogging, nine-year-old Raghad Al-Farhan sends a message to her father she has not seen since.
Fouad Al-Farhan remains in detention for refusing to apologize for his writings critical of corruption and lack of freedom Saudi Arabia, where he hopes meaningful reform will enable his [...]
Posted in Free Fouad, tagged fouad, fouad al farhan, free speech, freedom, freefouad on March 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Detained Saudi blogger Fouad al-Farhan has been allowed to make a phone call to his wife yesterday, FreeFouad.com reported. His wife said Fouad told her that he is in a good shape and his morale is high. He said he is hoping that authorities would soon allow others to visit him in jail. The website [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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.
The [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on January 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Saudi Arabia recently passed a law limiting the use of internet in an attempt to fight terror and immoral activities, the news portal Arabian Business reported.
The new law forbids airing websites containing incitement to terrorism, pornography, defamation, fraud, violation of religious values, and disregard for public etiquette.
A person found guilty of operating a terror website [...]
Posted in Free Fouad on January 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
