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Submitted: January 7, 2008 - 9:02am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 11:23am
Last updated: February 21, 2008 - 11:23am
SAUDI DETAINS BLOGGER, RIGHTS GROUP URGES RELEASE
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Souhail Karam]
The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists has urged Saudi Arabia to release a blogger who has been detained in the conservative Muslim kingdom for almost a month for his writings. Interior Ministry Spokesman Mansour al-Turki confirmed that Fouad al-Farhan was being detained but declined to say under what charges.
http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSL0523829120080105
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