Syria Feature: The Arrest of Activist Razan Ghazzawi
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 6:19
News broke yesterday that Razan Ghazzawi --- prominent Syrian blogger, activist, and Media Officer at the Syrian Center for Media and Freedom of Expression --- had been arrested as she was trying to enter Jordan at the Syrian border post of Nassib.
Soon the story was racing across the Internet, with a #FreeRazan hashtag trending on Twitter and people lining up to pay tribute: "Razan inspired me not be afraid of using my real name online when I was in #Syria. Her courage is incredible"; "[She] had pointed opinions & disagreed w/ many folks (including me!) but SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE for whoever was attacked"; "Friends in Egypt, [she] was with us in #Tahrir through the tear-gas on June 28th & other demos".
This is one of her blog entries, from August, "Rumor Has It [That] This Revolution is Faceless":
I was asked this question: "The hard thing with Syria is we don't have faces/groups to support. WHO do we back?"