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Deatined Saudi blogger Farhan: "I don't want to be forgetten in jail"

"'Daddy I miss you. When are you coming back home?' is 10-year-old Raghad’s plea to her father Fouad Al-Farhan, a detained Saudi blogger, on a YouTube clip posted on Monday.

"Al-Farhan, a 32-year-old Saudi father of two, was arrested on Dec. 10 for 'violating regulations related to security,' according to Saudi officials.

"Al-Farhan daughter’s voice message to her missing dad can be heard on YouTube 'freefouad' clip along with pictures of the once happy family.

"Yesterday Al-Farhan’s wife said she was able to speak to her husband over the phone last Tuesday for the first time since his arrest in December. 'It was only a five-minute call and we could not say much,' said Al-Farhan’s wife. [...]"

Source: Arab News (Saudi Arabia), March 12, 2008



Posted at: 2008-03-12
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