Silence Day for Fouad Alfarhan
6 January, 2008 | This item was filled under [ Blogging, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Saudi Arabia ]
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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
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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.
I signed and put a banner on my blog …
hope he comes free soon
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…