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Category: Saudi ArabiaBy Curt on Apr 25, 2008 in Fouad Al Farhan, Saudi Arabia, Imprisoned bloggers | 1 Comment
Saudi blogger Fouad Al Farhan has been released from prison and is resting at home with his family, according to a message from the Free Fouad group.
Fouad, called the father of Saudi blogging, was arrested on December 11 in Jeddah and held in solitary confinement with no charges and only one family visit.
Confirmed by Saudi […]
By Curt on Apr 1, 2008 in Fouad Al Farhan, Fuad Al Farhan, Saudi Arabia, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
Fouad Al-Farhan, the “father of Saudi blogging,” remains in prison without charges, since being arrested on December 10th of last year.
Here’s a video featuring Farhan’s daughter (from Arab News via CNN’s Inside the Middle East Blog).
(Oh. My G-d. Why is this embed on the right, again!? I hate the Internets.)
Can’t embed this properly, so, here’s […]
By Curt on Jan 7, 2008 in Fouad Al Farhan, Saudi Arabia | 1 Comment
Of particular interest is Jamjoon’s belief that Saudi bloggers know they can get the word out on something like Fouad’s arrest without having to rely upon the media, either Arab or global.
By Curt on Jan 6, 2008 in Fouad Al Farhan, Saudi Arabia, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
By Curt on Dec 22, 2007 in Fouad Al Farhan, Fuad Al Farhan, Saudi Arabia | 8 Comments
Searching for freedom, dignity, justice, equality, public participation, and all the rest of lost Islamic values, and for Raghad and Khetab.
Update: Al Farhan is still in jail, over 80 days later, has only been allowed one visit and has remained in solitary confinement. This isn’t just classy, it’s Kingdom Klassy.
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Saudi blogger Fouad Al Farhan has […]
By Curt on Dec 7, 2007 in Firefox, Saudi Arabia, Flickr, Hamed Saber, Iran, UAE, China | 3 Comments
I discovered today via VentureBeat a Firefox plugin that works to circumvent Flickr bans without the use of a proxy.
According to Digital Inspiration, the plugin, called Access Flickr, was developed by Hamed Saber, an Iranian photographer who uses Flickr heavily.
The Access Flickr extension for Firefox substitutes the HTTP header parameters before sending a request […]
