Amnesty International website ‘blocked in Saudi Arabia’

25 July 2011 Amnesty International's website has been blocked inside Saudi Arabia after the organization published criticism of a draft "anti-terror" law. Access to Amnesty International’s website has been blocked in Saudi Arabia today following the organization’s criticism of a draft anti-terror law that would stifle peaceful protest in the kingdom. Amnesty International published its analysis of a leaked copy of the draft law on Friday. The organization condemned the proposed law’s treatment of peaceful dissent as “terrorist crimes”, as well as the wide-ranging powers the Minister of…

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