Gulf | Oman  Sponsored By  Oman releases blogger pending formal
charges  Diab Al Amiri accused of violating cyber laws    • By
Sunil K. Vaidya, Bureau Chief   • Published: 13:09 May 23, 2013
• Gulf News  Muscat: Security forces in Oman on Wednesday
evening released a blogger from the town of Sinaw, about 198 km
east of Muscat, who was detained on Monday evening, according to
his lawyer.  “After three days of questioning Diab Al Amiri was
released and now he could face charges of violating the
country’s cyber laws,” advocate Yaqoub Al Harthi, told Gulf
News.  He added that security forces took away Al Amiri from his
house after he refused to respond to phone calls meant to ask
him to report to the General Command of Police.  In reply to a
question, Al Harthi said the defence team would have to wait for
the charges to be pressed by the public prosecution before the
case came up for hearing in a court. He said it seemed that Al
Amiri was picked up after he wrote on social media websites
about a land controvers