Authorities arrested Mazen Darwich, head of the Syrian Center of Media and Freedom of Expression, along with thirteen other activists, including Yara Badr, Hanadi Zahlout, Razan Ghazzawi, Abdel Rahman Hamada, Rita Diop, Mayada Khalil, Joan Fersso , Thanaa Zitani, Hani Zitani, Bassam Al-Ahmad, Mansoor Hamid, Maha Al-Sablany and Hussein Ghrer.
This is the second time the Syrian authorities arrest activist and blogger Razzan Ghazzawi and journalist Hussein Ghrer, since the outbreak of events in Syria last year.