The Arab Blogger's Observatory (Ar) announced the arrest of pioneer Saudi blogger Fuad Al Farhan. The site did not cite any reasons for his arrest.
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It’s sad news that our friend Fuad has been held by Saudi authorities yet again.
I will be blogging about this shortly on my blog Rasheed’s World.
I think other Saudi bloggers should start a campaign to help get Fuad freed. If anyone has any ideas on this do contact me.
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