Silence Day for Fouad Alfarhan

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Silence Day for Fouad Alfarhan

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Today is a 'Blog Silence Day' to protest the imprisonment of Fouad Alfarhan.

Fouad Alfarhan is a Saudi blogger who uses his blog, alfarhan.org, to promote political reform and greater freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia. He was forced to stop blogging at the beginning of 2007 after being harassed by government officials, but then resumed writing in July 2007. He was arrested without charge on Tuesday, December 11,2007, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

To learn more about the campaign to free Fouad, please visit the Free Fouad Blog, which has content in both Arabic and English.

Posted by Haitham Sabbah on Sunday, January 6, 2008, at 5:13 am. Filed under Blogging, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Saudi Arabia. Tagged Censorship, Fouad Alfarhan, Freedom of Speech, Saudi Arabia. Follow any responses to this post with its comments RSS feed. You can post a comment or trackback from your blog.

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Robin | January 6, 2008 at 9:35 am | Permalink

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=budvRntBRPU

Description: Dr. Saud Alhashimi is a Consultant doctor who was active in calling for reform, freedom of expression and democracy in Saudi Arabia. As a result, he was arrested without charge and now completed a year without even giving him the right to legal representation. Thats the case with anyone taken in by the notorious Saudi secret police.

Fuad Alfarhan was an active blogger campaigning for Dr. Hashimi's release. So he was also detained in the same manner on 10th Dec 2007.

The producer of this clip faces the same threat. So please help and contact your MP or senator to campaign for democracy and human rights in Saudi Arabia. Thanks for watching and reading.
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davinca | January 6, 2008 at 1:51 pm | Permalink

I signed and put a banner on my blog …
hope he comes free soon
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Jeg | February 12, 2008 at 1:56 pm | Permalink

Hi,
Is there any news on Fouad's detention?
today is Feb 12, 2008.
I'd love to know what is happening to him.
Thanks…
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Day of Silence for Fouad « FlashColony Blog | January 6, 2008 at 8:31 pm | Permalink

[...] For more information check it out here. [...]
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The Moderate Voice » Domestic and international news analysis, irreverent comments, original reporting, and popular culture features from across the political spectrum. | January 7, 2008 at 6:47 am | Permalink

[...] learn more about Fouad Ahmad Alfarhan, go here, here, and here. At the latter site, you're invited to sign a petition seeking his immediate [...]
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La Chola » Blog Archive » Free Fouad | January 7, 2008 at 11:46 pm | Permalink

[...] I just found out from Sabbah's blog that yesterday was a "blog silence" day to protest Fouad's imprisonment. [...]
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