Saudis Confirm Detention of Blogger
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An outspoken Saudi blogger is being held for âpurposes of interrogation,â the Saudi Interior Ministry confirmed.
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Nearly half of the foreign detainees held in Iraq are Saudi citizens, and lists of their names were given to Saudi officials during a recent visit by an Iraqi delegation, national security adviser Mouwaffak al-Rubaie said in remarks aired Monday.
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A Saudi-American citizen captured in  Afghanistan and held in U.S. military jail without charges for  nearly three years was flown home to Saudi Arabia on Monday.
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A public inquiry clears a Canadian citizen, who says he was tortured in Syria, of having links to al-Qaeda.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- A Saudi-American held in US solitary confinement for nearly three years without being charged returned to his family in Saudi Arabia yesterday after agreeing to trade in his US citizenship for his freedom.
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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 United States said Thursday it has raised with Saudi Arabia its arrest of an Internet blogger who aired anti-government views, with Washington insisting on freedom of expression.
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Saudi Arabian officials have reportedly detained a blogger whose writing has criticized religious extremism in the country, according to the two press freedom groups and a regional human-rights organization.Blogger and IT professional Fouad Ahmed al-Farhan, 32, was taken into custody on December 10, the Committee to Protect Journalists reported on Wednesday. His Arabic-language site now has a &quot;Free Fouad&quot; banner in English across the top.In a letter sent to friends shortly before his arrest, al-Farhan wrote that he had been told that the interior ministry was investigating him and would pick him up within two weeks. At the time he described the worst case as being jailed for three days, but he was still being held without charge as of Friday, according to Joel Campagna, Middle East program coordinator for the CPJ in New York.Al-Farhan&#39;s blog promotes political reform and bears the tagline, &quot;Searching for freedom, dignity, justice, equality, Shura and all the remaining Islamic values which are missing,&quot; along with a dedication to his daughters, according to a report on the website of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. Some of his more critical commentary has dealt with the question of religious extremism, Campagna said. Al-Farhan also recently posted a blog item criticizing ten well-known personalities who have close ties to the Saudi royal family, he said.The Saudi government&#160;heavily censors Internet content, both political criticism and pornography, Campagna said. Contentious news or political commentary sites are frequently blocked.There have been previous incidents of online writers suffering retaliation. In 2006, Saudi journalist Rabah al-Quwai&#8217;, who had criticized religious extremism, was held for 13 days. In order to obtain his release he had to confess to having denigrated Islamic beliefs, and promise to would defend Islamic values in his future work, the CPJ reported.Reporters Without Borders Thursday released a statement calling for al-Farhan&#39;s release; its current list of &quot;13 Internet Enemies&quot; includes Saudi Arabia.Research into Internet content filtering by the OpenNet Initiative shows substantial blocking activity by the government of Saudi Arabia. The group says that filtering content for political reasons is the common denominator across the Middle East.The CPJ last year detailed Saudi media censorship in its report, Princes, Clerics and Censors.&#160;
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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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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Feb. 6 -- Saudi police have arrested 10 men and accused them of collecting donations to fund terrorist acts outside the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said. But a lawyer and a prominent dissident said that at least seven of the men were Saudi democracy activists whose arrest...
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An Emirati man charged with defamation on an Internet site was sent back to jail on Thursday, one week after a court in the United Arab Emirates released him on bail, sources close to the case said.
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Ten men arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of funding terrorism include known political activists detained in the past over calls for reform in the absolute monarchy, a lawyer said on Sunday.
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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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A federal judge said yesterday that he will rule within days on a court action seeking the release of a Falls Church man whose family says he is being improperly detained in Saudi Arabia at the behest of US authorities.
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Saudi Arabia announces the arrest of 136 suspected militants  - including a potential suicide bomber.
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Ten people are arrested in Saudi Arabia on suspicion of funding terror-related activities, officials say.
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Saudi King Abdullah has pardoned a rape victim who had been sentenced 200 lashes and six months in prison in a case that sparked international attention, a Saudi newspaper reported.