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Khalid Jarrar: Iraqi blogger detained

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Iraq, Breaking News

freekhalidBlogger Khalid Jarrar, author of Secrets in Baghdad [1], remains in custody of the Iraqi intelligence service, known as the Mukhabarat.

As we reported yesterday [2], Khalid's brother Raed says [3] their family was relieved to hear on Thursday morning that Khalid is still alive after going missing for two days. On Sunday, Khalid described on his blog [4] how his apartment in Baghdad had been broken into and his hard drive was stolen. Soon after that he disappeared.

Khalid's family are calling for his release, or at very least that he be charged and tried for something. Raed says: “Our goal now is to ask the mokhabarat to take Khalid to court and reveal what exactly he is being charged with (if anything).”

The Committee to Protect Bloggers supports the Jarrar family's appeals [5].

Please show your support for the Khalid Jarrar by posting supportive comments at Raed's [3] and Khalid's [4] latest posts. If you're a blogger, please help spread the word by linking to them.