You have reached a virtual picket line

Clicking onto the site of Morocco's most popular blogger, Larbi, today, I discovered that Moroccan bloggers are on strike. The reason is of course the arrest of Fouad Mourtada for opening a mock Facebook account in the name of moulay Rachid, a Moroccan royal. Needless to say, a number of procedures have been broken by the authorities, who are not so much concerned with the "identity theft" that Mr. Mourtada now stands accused of, as they are with squashing a perceived affront to the royal family. Ibn Kafka is also on strike, but fortunately his legal analysis of the case remains online. And don't miss this post over at Eatbees.

Anyway, I don't want to be a scab, but I'm not sure how to put the blog on strike except by posting about it. No Western Sahara strings attached -- since I'm sure neither the Moroccan blogosphere nor Mr. Mourtada himself would appreciate it -- but full solidarity nonetheless. Free Fouad!