Hazma Kashgari

Gulf Twitter Prosecutions Reach Abu Dhabi

Twitter users in the six Gulf Arab monarchies are on notice: say what you think at your own peril.

A Kuwaiti man has received seven years in prison for a series of Tweets local Shiites considered offensive and 'damaged Kuwait's image'

Kuwaiti authorities arrested a man for a series of Tweets they say insulted the Prophet Mohammad

A Christian blogger in Saudi Arabia known as the "Mecca Pastor" has joined Hazma Kashgari in the spotlight for 'blasphemous' Tweets.

In 140 characters or less former columnist Hazma Kashgari has become a living example of repression in Saudi Arabia.

Hazma Kashgari has repented a series of tweets he made as prosecutors prepare to interrogate and charge him with blasphemy.

Religious authorities say Hazma Kashgari received financial and logistical aid in fleeing the kingdom after calls he be tried for apostacy

A controversial Saudi blasphemy case is set to expand to online supporters of a columnist who made 'blasphemous' tweets

A Saudi journalist who fled the country after posting a 'blasphemous' tweets 'insulting the prophet Mohammad' has been arrested in Malaysia

King Abdul Aziz has ordered the arrest of a Saudi columnist who 'abused the Prophet Mohammad' creating a public outcry.