Syria 'arrests iconic blogger Razan Ghazzawi and leading activists' - Telegraph
clipped from article: Human rights lawyer Anwar Bunni said Ghazzawi was arrested in an early afternoon raid on the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression, which is located in central Damascus and is headed by Darwish.
"We at the Syrian Centre for Legal Studies condemn these arrests and call on Syrian authorities to immediately release them," Bunni said in a statement.
Opposition figure Louai Hussein earlier told AFP that Darwish's wife was also among those arrested.
The crackdown came as UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for an end to the violence in Syria, both from the government and the opposition, while urging the international community to find a common response to the unrest.
"What is important at this time is that first the Syrian authorities must stop killing their own people," Ban told journalists on a visit to Vienna, when asked about Syria's intention to hold a referendum on a new constitution.[read more at link]
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