RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- A top Saudi blogger who was jailed late last year remains in prison more than two months later for unspecified, non-security matters -- and there are few signs that he will be freed anytime soon.
The Saudi government has been extremely quiet about the detention of Fouad al-Farhan, a 32-year-old father of two who has become a rallying cry for bloggers.
Al-Farhan -- known on the Internet as the "Dean of Saudi Bloggers" -- was arrested on December 10 shortly after one of his blog entries was critical of influential Saudi religious, business and media figures.
"He is still being investigated," Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, told CNN this week.
More.
Showing posts with label CNN Fires Producer Over Personal Blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CNN Fires Producer Over Personal Blog. Show all posts
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 21, 2008
CNN Fires Producer Over Personal Blog
Moral of the story - don't mix business with misery. The odd thing is whenever a blogger is fired it becomes a big story - at least in the blogosphere - and the stink can give the blogger a celebrity hero tag...which can be surfed. Just check out how popular L. Kriel's writings are. I read his stuff all the time now and I'd never have known who he was if he hadn't stirred the honeypot with his Winnie the Pooh. Thus a new dilema - does firing bloggers actually empower them? Click here for details.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)