Sunday, April 27, 2008
This is just a quick link to follow -- an "aside." These are links to interesting things that, for one reason or another, I didn't place into a full posting. Click the link to visit the full article. Go to the blog index for a regular listing of posts.
WaPo: Saudi Activist Blogger Freed After 4 Months in Jail Without Charge [from the real Apartheid State] - 'Saudi Arabia's most popular blogger was released Saturday after serving four months in prison without charge. Fouad al-Farhan, 33, was detained Dec. 10 after authorities warned him about his online support of an activist group. At the time of his arrest, the Interior Ministry said only that his violations were not related to state security. Farhan had used his blog to criticize corruption and call for political reform in Saudi Arabia, an absolute monarchy...'
