Blogger detained in Saudi
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Saudi authorities have detained a popular blogger for violating the kingdom's laws, a senior Interior Ministry official said Tuesday. It was the first known arrest of a Saudi online critic.
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Police arrested a radical Muslim cleric Thursday on suspicion of preparing or instigating ``acts of terrorism,&#39;&#39; a move that could delay US attempts to extradite the suspect
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Myanmar's junta has stepped up surveillance of the Internet, arresting one blogger who wrote about the stifling of free expression in the military-ruled nation, a media advocacy group said.
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Comment is free: Nick Cohen: At last, there are signs the shameful censoring of Saudi critics in this country is to be challenged.
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The Bush administration has brought its concerns about the detention of a well-known blogger to the Saudi Arabian government at "a relatively senior level," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Thursday.
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Police have arrested 11 suspected militants, including one allegedly involved in last year's foiled suicide attack on the world's largest oil processing facility, the Saudi Interior Ministry said Thursday.
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A prominent Syrian dissident, who the United States had urged be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment, has been arrested, a Syrian human rights group said Tuesday.
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A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a university professor to five years in jail for sowing dissent and sedition. Hard-line Islamist academic Said bin Zair was arrested in April on charges of condoning suicide
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Moroccan authorities arrested a man Wednesday for allegedly stealing the identity of King Mohammed VI's younger brother on the social networking Web site Facebook, the country's official news agency said.
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Police arrested a radical Muslim cleric yesterday on suspicion of preparing or instigating &quot;acts of terrorism,&quot; a move that could delay US attempts to extradite the suspect for
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Saudi Arabia has detained 11 suspected Islamist militants over the past 48 hours including one involved in an attack on a major Saudi oil installation, the state news agency said on Thursday.
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Ten people are arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of funding terror-related activities, officials say.
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JEDDAH/RIYADH: Security forces detained about 14 people on Thursday in Saudi Arabiaâs main cities of Jeddah and Riyadh, deploying in force to confront demonstrations called by a dissident Islamist group against the strictly conservative regime.
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THE leader of the al-Qaeda attack on the US consulate in Saudi Arabia had been jailed for &quot;extremist ideology&quot; and once worked for the kingdom&#39;s austere morality police, local newspapers said today.
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By MAAMOUN YOUSSEF  CAIRO, Egypt - Saudi police have arrested three men suspected of links to al-Qaida, alleging they used the Internet to plan terrorist attacks, recruit supporters and publish tracts on militant ideology, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.
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LONDON Aug. 26, 2004 - Police arrested a man on suspicion of terror links, and news reports identified him as as radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, already held here on a US extradition request alleging terror ties.
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Saudi Arabia has detained five people suspected of spreading Islamic militant ideology in the kingdom, which is battling an 18-month wave of al Qaeda violence, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.