Syrian blogger Ahmed Abu Al Khair (http://ahmadblogs.net/) has been arrested in Syria earlier last week. Global Voices Advocacy contributer, Anas Qtiesh, reported that Ahmed was previously arrested in February and has been subsequently re-arrested amidst protests in Daraa last week. Qtiesh also reports that journalist, Khaled Elekhtyar has gone missing.
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Al Jazeera has also covered the status of Arab bloggers amid crackdowns here.
Update: It appears that one of Bahrain's most influential bloggers, Mahmood Al-Yousif (http://mahmood.tv/), has also been arrested last night.
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