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The Arab Blogger's Observatory (Ar) announced the arrest of pioneer Saudi blogger Fuad Al Farhan. The site did not cite any reasons for his arrest.

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini
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“Saudi Arabia: Leading Blogger Arrested”

  1. December 23rd, 2007 at 7:20 am
    Rasheed Abou-Alsamh:
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    It’s sad news that our friend Fuad has been held by Saudi authorities yet again.
    I will be blogging about this shortly on my blog Rasheed’s World.
    I think other Saudi bloggers should start a campaign to help get Fuad freed. If anyone has any ideas on this do contact me.

  2. January 17th, 2008 at 23:07 pm
    Moving From Me To We.com » Blog Archive » I hope this stops you in your tracks.:
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    [...] upstream. At the mouth of the river of your life are two rights before most anything else is possible. Safety and freedom of expression. If you can read this [...]

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