A famous Saudi Blogger called Fouad Ahmed Farhan was arrested in Jeddah on the 11th of December 2007 with no reason from his office , till now he has not been released and nothing has been given as a justification for his arrest.
Fouad is very famous blogger with what can be considered according to the Saudi authorities as liberal opinions but judging from reading in his rich critical blog which he was forced to close from couple months then he re-opened again that he calls for equity,justice,the return of the forgotten Islamic values and democracy in the Kingdom
Fouad is 32 years old married man and has two children a girl "Raged -10 years old" and a boy "Khatab-5 years old" , he was graduated for Eastern Washington University and has a B.A in Business administration and his major was Marketing, he also got a master degree in Computers from Ball State University , he currently works as a manage for IT company Smart info.
The dangerous thing is that he may be charged according to the terrorism law in the Kingdom as it turned out that was considered a sympathizer with a group of 10 academics that were arrested this year and charged with funding terrorism activities , of course you know in the middle east the terrorism laws are very elastic and can include many activities among them being against the regime
Fouad arrest by the way created a condition of anger and sadness among the Saudi bloggers for what Fouad has got from popularity there
Let's just hope that they release him soon and he returns back soon , please spread the news
Updated :His follow Saudi Bloggers acted quickly and made that website in solidarity with him in English and Arabic ,go and visit Free Fouad Website
There is also a facebook group for him
Thank you very much for writing about Fouad's arrest which could be a danger that threatens all other Saudi bloggers who choose to write freely for the good of their country.
ReplyDelete@abujoori,do not thank me it is my duty as an Arab Muslim blogger t do , insh Allah he will return back home to his family and to his blog soon
ReplyDeleteYou should be honored because what you are writing is sort of noble bravery ,May Allah bless all you and give strength and Freedom