Sami Ben Gharbia · December, 2007

Latest posts by Sami Ben Gharbia from December, 2007

Saudi Arabia: Free Fouad Update

Update 1: Responding to repeated requests for comment with a brief cellphone text message, a spokesperson for the Saudi Interior Ministry, confirmed yesterday that blogger Fouad Alfarhan was being held...

26 December 2007

Iran: Police raid Internet cafes

Radio Free Europe reported that police force in Iran's capital, Tehran, have raided Internet cafes closing down 25 and warning 170 cafe owners for “using immoral computer games and storing...

19 December 2007

Tunisian blogger/journalist arrested

Update: A Tunisian court has sentenced today blogger and journalist Slim Boukhdhir to one-year prison terms for “aggression against a public employee”. The outspoken Tunisian journalist and blogger Slim Boukhdir...

3 December 2007