Saudi Arabia: Blogger Detained
30. December 2007 – 13:55 byOn December 10 Saudi blogger Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan was detained for still unknown reasons and his laptop confiscated. He could have been arrested because he has written about political prisoners on his blog; he was warned before the arrest. Mr al-Farhan could stay in jail for one month without seeing his family or a lawyer. According to his wife he will be charged then. This is against Saudi law. Hopefully Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan won’t face the same fate as Egyptian blogger Abdul Kareem who was sentenced to four years imprisonment.
For more information on Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan’s case check out the Guardian’s Comment Is Free and the Committee to Protect Journalists news alert.
[via Heise Online]
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