A leading opposition figure arrested

The journalist Ali Al-Abdallah, a leading opposition figure and signatory of the Damascus Declaration, was arrested when security forces raided his home in Qatana, 25 km south of the capital, at around 9 a.m., just seven weeks after his release under a general amnesty on 30 May. He was freed again on 20 July (http://en.rsf.org/jordan-journalists-targeted-by-security-16-07-2011,40649.html).