Comments on: The news of arresting ten men earlier this week, i… http://saudijeans.org/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/ Rants and Raves from Saudi Arabia Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:53:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Activists Release New Statement « Saudi Jeans http://saudijeans.org/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-4282 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 01:13:31 +0000 http://saudijeans.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-4282 [...] August 21st, 2007 · No Comments A group of political and human rights activists in Saudi Arabia have sent an open letter to the head of Human Rights Commission (HRC), the government body concerned with human rights, asking the commission to act according to its responsibilities regarding the reformists who were detained in February. [...]

]]> By: Zak http://saudijeans.org/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-3888 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:59:33 +0000 http://saudijeans.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-3888 As usual, the government is not releasing much information, but many speculate that the terrorism charges are a pretext and that they were arrested for their political beliefs.

When you say they were “reformists” do you mean that they want to liberalize Saudi society? By liberalize I mean, say, allowing women to drive?

Zak

]]> By: Support Abdul-Rahman Seddiq « Saudi Jeans http://saudijeans.org/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-3884 Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:01:09 +0000 http://saudijeans.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-3884 [...] making Thursday August 9, 2007 a day to support Abdul-Rahman Seddiq, one of the ten men who were unfairly arrested in February based on allegations linking them to terrorism. Seddiq, 67, has worked in different parts in the [...]

]]> By: Modern Pharaoh http://saudijeans.org/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-2933 Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:00:15 +0000 http://saudijeans.wordpress.com/2007/02/06/the-news-of-arresting-ten-men-earlier-this-week-i/#comment-2933 Nice Blog. I added you to my blog roll.

]]>