Salon online magazine carries this piece. Saudi Jeans offers his comments as well.

Saudi authorities release activist jailed in May

Jan 11th, 2009 | RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — The wife of a leading Saudi human rights activist says authorities have released her husband after more than seven months in jail.

Jamila al-Faleh tells The Associated Press her husband, Matrook al-Faleh, was released Saturday and is in good health.

Al-Faleh was arrested in May at King Saud University, where he taught political science. His arrest was condemned by Saudi and international activists and human rights groups.

New York-based Human Rights Watch has said al-Faleh’s arrest came after he publicly criticized conditions in a prison where two other human rights activists were serving jail terms.