I've been blogging a lot recently about Fouad Mourtada, the young Moroccan man sentenced to three years in jail for posting a joke profile of the King's brother on Facebook. Yet there is another Fouad - Fouad Alfarhan - who has been in jail for three months with no release ... Leer más
Despite heavy press coverage, Saudi blogger Fouad Al-Farhan remains in prison. Now Avaaz, an international digital activism organization with over 1 million members worldwide, is joining the fight free Fouad. They have posted a petition demanding Fouad's release and are hoping to get 2500 signatures. Only 2500 signatures for Fouad? ... Leer más
What?Day of Blog Silence to Protest the Imprisonment of Blogger Fouad Alfarhan When? Sunday, January, 2008 Where? blogs around the world How? On that day, bloggers will not write on their blogs, but instead will post a Free Fouad banner, like the one above. (Both banners are posted ... Leer más
translation: "We Blog Freedom"I really liked this image from Abdel Monem's blog, Ana Ikhwan, so I decided to post it here. He has a whole post (in Arabic) about imprisoned bloggers.