Ahmed Hadifa arrested

Ahmed Hadifa, a 28-year old blogger better known by the blog name of Ahmad Abu Al-Kheir, was arrested in Damascus “because of his activities on Facebook in support of the protests in Deraa.” He was freed on 15 April. He was previously held for several days in February without being formally charged (http://en.rsf.org/syria-wave-of-arrests-of-syrian-bloggers-24-02-2011,39623.html).