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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Blogger Arrested in Saudi Arabia

"Farhan, 32, who used his blog to criticize corruption and call for political reform, was detained "for violating rules not related to state security," according to the spokesman, Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki, responding to repeated requests for comment with a brief cellphone text message."

Read all about it.

2 comments:

queenie said...

Did you ever hear of the phrase "When in Rome...." C'mon, he was warned - what did he think was going to happen? I don't agree with his arrest and detention but I am not surprised.

Will Conway said...

Finish the sentence:

When in Saudi Arabia, run by a demonic government that has revoked every form of free speech... what?

This guy is a hero.