Saudi jails 'seditious' academic
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A Saudi court gives a five-year sentence to a university professor convicted of dissent and sedition.
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JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 31 -- Saudi Arabia's most popular blogger, Fouad al-Farhan, has been detained for questioning, an Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed Monday. It was the first known arrest of an online critic in the kingdom.
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'Beaten, denied a fair trial, sentenced to death' Campaigning group Human Rights Watch has petitioned King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution by beheading of a "witch" who in 2006 was convicted of "witchcraft, recourse to jinn [supernatural beings], and slaughter of animals".â¦
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Activists are calling for a vigil to draw attention to Saudi Arabian blogger Fouad Al-Farhan, imprisoned since December.
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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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Â· Former lecturer stages 26 protests outside UK jailsÂ· Howard League calls for alternative punishments
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Nine people are detained after access is denied to a Saudi court trying three reformists, witnesses say.
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The British government is to investigate a school funded by Saudi Arabia's government involved in a row over textbooks allegedly describing Jews as &quot;monkeys&quot; and Christians as &quot;pigs&quot;, the Times has reported.
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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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King Abdullah pardoned a woman sentenced to 200 lashes after pressing charges against the men who raped her, a Saudi newspaper said.
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Saudi riot police chased anti-royalist demonstrators through Jeddah yesterday and arrested more than a dozen as a tape recording, purportedly by Osama bin Laden, called
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WHERE: Saudi Arabia, where beheading is the punishment for murder, rape, drug trafficking and armed robbery. Human Rights groups say the number of executions has risen sharply and is already above 100 this year.
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Calling for a new line of attack in Saudi Arabia
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A prominent Muslim activist who admitted participating in a Libyan plot to assassinate Saudi Arabia's crown prince was sentenced Friday to the maximum 23 years in prison for illegal business dealings with Libya.
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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.
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Former world boxing champion &quot;Prince&quot; Naseem Hamed has been criticised for leaving prison -- where he had been serving time for a dangerous driving conviction -- in a stretch limousine.
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A Saudi Arabian judge sentenced 20 foreigners to receive lashes and spend several months in prison after convicting them of attending a party where alcohol was served and men and women danced, a newspaper reported Sunday.