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UndertheOcean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-04-11 05:09 PM
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Activists: US-born Syrian blogger arrested
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Source: AP

BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say a U.S.-born Syrian blogger has been arrested at the Syrian-Jordanian border while on her way to attend a workshop for advocates of press freedoms in the Arab world.
A statement issued by the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression said Razan Ghazzawi was arrested by police and immigration officials at the border. She was on her way to Amman to attend the conference as a representative of the center.
The Local Coordination Committees activist network confirmed her arrest Sunday.
Ghazzawi is a human rights advocate and had been documenting violations and arrests in Syria since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad in March.
She is one of the few Syrian activists who blogged under her real name.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/activists-us-born-syrian-blogger-arrested-191937917.html



As a reminder , this is what happens to most who are arrested in Syria :

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2425552

And the tragedy continues , I am fully convinced that most Syrians prefer death now rather than returning to the status quo.


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