Fouad Alfarhan is a Saudi blogger who uses his blog, alfarhan.org, to promote political reform and greater freedom of expression in Saudi Arabia. He was forced to stop blogging at the beginning of 2007 after being harassed by government officials, but then resumed writing in July 2007. He was arrested without charge on Tuesday, December 11, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. To learn more about the campaign to free Fouad, please visit the Free Fouad Blog, which has content in both Arabic and English.This action was organized by the progressive group Mideast Youth, which also runs the Free Kareem campaign to free jailed Egyptian blogger Abdel Kareem Nabil Soliman. [Source]
Please go to this post to choose from the banners. Day of blog silence will be Sunday, 6th of January 2008.
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I tried to get the banner on, blew it. But I will be silent, even if I have to duct-tape the keyboard.