Law Professor arrested in his home in Saudi Arabia

Saudijeans writes of how a law professor who wrote an article which he posted onto his facebook profile, and which was later reprinted in Royaah magazine, has been arrested at his home.

According to the post the local media were silent on the issue, but the twitter-sphere was not: a member of the Shoura Council and the lawyer of the detailed individual had a frank exchange over twitter, which itself has become a topic of conversation.

The piece concludes – now you know why twitter is popular in Saudi-Arabia!