the Lebanese journalist Ghadi Frances arrested

Ghadi Frances, a Lebanese journalist working for the Lebanese daily Al-Safir, was arrested in Damascus, one week after her arrival in Syria to cover the unrest. The authorities did not give any reason for her arrest, which came one day after the publication of an article by her headlined “Blood, horror and hope in the street in Homs.” Read the article in Arabic: http://www.assafir.com/Article.aspx?EditionID=1839&ChannelID=43281&ArticleID=572. She has been released