444 Syrian Blogger ‘Kidnapped’

Update: Sami reports that Rokana Hamour called, that she is fine, and that security interrogated her for three hours about a comment left on her blog.

Sami Ben Gharbia reports that six men pried Syrian blogger Roukana Mouti` Hamour away from her three children and shoved her into a car yesterday. A security officer had summoned her for an interview a few days prior.

Two other men, Karim `Arbaji and Tarek Biasi, remain in incommunicado detention in Syria, apparently for their online activities. On September 23, the Supreme State Security Court sentenced Ali Zein al-`Abideen Mej`an to two years in prison for “undertaking acts or writing or speeches unauthorized by the government … that spoil its ties with a foreign state” because he posted comments online attacking Saudi Arabia. Blogger.com blogs reportedly remain blocked in Syria.

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  1. She should be released immediately and this should never be repeated.

    Comment by John Coelho — November 3, 2007 #

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