Free Fouad!

Jack Yan
Jan 6, 2008 at 2:09 PM
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Fouad Alfarhan is a Saudi blogger who has been writing to advocate greater freedom in his country. He was arrested without charge on December 11. Some bloggers have gotten together to deem today (Sunday, January 6) a day of silence, so after this post, I will not blog publicly for 24 hours. Please tell other bloggers if you feel you should, or observe the day’s silence if you wish to join in this campaign.

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Thanks for bring it to my attention Jack. Add my name to the protest.

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Thank you both. I think the White House is bringing up Mr al-Farhan’s case (apologies for the change in spelling. I found Alfarhan on a campaign site but a friend of mine in Saudi Arabia has spelt it in the more traditional form).

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Thank you, Timothy.

I wish I had seen this earlier. I would have participated. Thank you for this thoughtful post and I will at least add my URL to the protest.

Thanks, Patricia. I had a busy week otherwise I would have written teaser blog posts prior to the day so more people had a chance to participate. But your URL there would be welcome, I am sure.

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