Mar 12, 2008

Update On Jailed Saudi Blogger

This from Arab News

“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.

She said that he assured all of us that he is doing fine and asked her not to worry about him. “His spirits were high, he was laughing.”

When Al-Farhan asked her about work at his small IT company the line was cut off.