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Saudi Arabia Frees Activist Held Over Web Article

A Reuters newswire article, via Yahoo! News, reports that:

Saudi Arabia on Tuesday released an Islamist activist who was arrested earlier this month after criticising a cabinet minister in an Internet article, Islamist Web sites and Arab media said.

Mohsen al-Awajy was taken into custody more than a week ago after writing an article on his Web site in which he also said a liberal clique of ministers and officials had become the real power behind the scenes with a direct line to King Abdullah.

posted by Fergie @ 3/21/2006 07:07:00 AM