Comments on: Fouad not Facing “Security Charges: Ministry”

By: Fouad Al Farhan Freed - Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead

Fouad Al Farhan Freed - Mideast Youth - Thinking Ahead — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:17:41 +0000

[...] Fouad not Facing “Security Charges: Ministry” [...]

By: Saudi Blogger Arrested : Committee to Protect Bloggers

Saudi Blogger Arrested : Committee to Protect Bloggers — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:40:37 +0000

[...] Arab News (via Mideast Youth) reported that the Saudi Interior Ministry has confirmed Fouad’s detention. Maj. Gen. [...]

By: Blue!

Blue! — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:13:41 +0000

Just thought I'd let you know that NY Times published this article about Fouad!

By: Sheema

Sheema — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 02:18:48 +0000

Fouad's made it onto BBC Online.

By: Elinor (Iran)

Elinor (Iran) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:30:50 +0000

Muneeb,
So perhaps they will send him out soon, I don’t know why from the monet Esra’a put his picture on the forum I feel he really needs to get out of prison, he looks very peaceful. Now is there a world wide organization, I mean an authority internationally concerned who would back the rights of the bloggers?
Muneeb we keep praying, he will be out soon I am positive

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:47:27 +0000

The best in the Arab World is the United Arab Emirates, which only makes it to 65.

The UAE is getting so much worse. Any blog that targets sexual terrorism is bound to get banned by ISPs. Apparently over 2,000 sites or so are banned there, some due to “porn” others due to political/social content. I am not so hopeful about the UAE, the human rights abuses there are horrific. It’s one of the worst countries in the region in terms of sex trade and migrant/expat issues.

By: Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA)

Ray Hanania (Palestine/USA) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:24:02 +0000

Hannah Allam of the McClatchy/Tribune newspapers — she’s the Cairo Bureau Chief — wrote an interesting piece a few days ago on the challenges facing bloggers in the Middle East.

Here’s the link:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/5409868.html

And, Reporters without Borders lists the best (1) to worst countries (169) when it comes to press freedom and restrictions. Interestingly enough, when it comes to media crackdowns, the Arab countries are not in the 10 worst any more although the Palestinian National Authority is listed as 12th from worst.

The best in the Arab World is the United Arab Emirates, which only makes it to 65.

Israel ranks 44 from the top, way ahead of any Arab countries, and is also better than the United States, which ranks at a unimpressive 48 from the top considering it claims to be the “leader of the free world.” Maybe the United States should start leading, but that would require electing a leader who is not a moron.

Here’s the link to that list:
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=24025

Ray Hanania
http://www.hanania.com

By: Lou (Saudi Arabia)

Lou (Saudi Arabia) — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 21:28:16 +0000

Well, it was brought up on Menasset, which is an arabic online news agency.. And there has been news about Al Hurra trying to make a reportage about it, but not confirmed yet, or else i would’ve posted it in the article i posted a couple of days ago..

All i know is that Esra’a said it right when she said that Blogging will replace the televised news in a matter of years.. Since it’s the closest thing to the truth, as biased as it can be, but it’s given from the people and to the people.. Media blackout should’ve died with the 20th century, but i guess old habbits die hard..

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