Posted AT 12:44 AM EST on 14/01/08
Unlock the voices of the Arab street
"If it's longer than three days, I want this message to reach everyone. I don't want to be forgotten in jail," wrote Ahmad Fouad al-Farhan, a 32 year-old Saudi, to a friend in anticipation of his own detention.
Now, it's been more than a month since security forces picked him up at work, took him home to get his laptop, and then put him behind bars on December 10.
Mr. Farhan's crime: blogging.
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