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Saudi Arabia: Freedom for Fouad Al Farhan

posted by Amira Al Hussaini on May 05, 2008
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Saudi blogger Fouad Al Farhan is now a free man, after spending 137 days in detention in Jeddah. While bloggers have all along speculated why he has been held by the authorities for this long, Arab bloggers are unanimously excited over his release. And they also share their hopes for the release of other jailed bloggers.

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Bahrain: Blogger in Jail for Four Months

posted by Amira Al Hussaini on Mar 29, 2008

Bahraini blogger and human rights activist Abdulla Mohsen (Ar) has been behind bars for more than four months, according to Nido.
Nido explains:
Abdulla Mohsen has been in prison now more than four months. What is he accused of? Well apparently he and more than thirty others are accused of being involved in the [...]

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Bahrain blocks Haq political movement website

posted by Sami Ben Gharbia on Oct 15, 2007

A Press Release issued on October 12th by the HAQ: Movement of Liberties and Democracy- Bahrain, which Global Voices Advocacy received a copy of it, reveals that Bahrain has blocked access to its electronic website:
This is not the first nor the last electronic site the Bahraini Authorities prevent access to local residents. At one [...]

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Bahrain blocks websites critical of the government

posted by Sami Ben Gharbia on Aug 10, 2007

“Bahraini authorities launched a campaign against political and human rights websites, which criticize government policies”, The Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights reported today, providing a list of the blocked websites: Bahrain center for Human Rights (BCHR), Bahrain Forums, National Edifice Forums, Al-Saheefa newspaper website, Modern Discussion Rezgar website, the sarcastic Bahrain Times website, the [...]

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