I'm sure you are all familiar with Raed Jarrar, who was Salaam Pax' blogging buddy during the Iraq war.
Well, Raed's entire family are bloggers, and his brother Khalid is also a contributor with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, doing reports for them on the situation in Iraq.
Khalid disappeared recently and the family was quite worried.
His mother, Faizad, recently found out that he was being held by the Mukhabarat, rather than by the Americans, or by the Iraqi police, or by common criminals.
However, the reason for his detention is not clear:
My dad said that Khalid mentioned something about his writings or his blog. We're not sure whether our blogs are the reason behind the abduction of Khalid, but it's one of the possible scenarios. In case if they were, we'll stand for our political values of anti-violence, anti-occupation, pro-dialogue, pro-free speech, and all of the other honourable stands that my family has taken in our lifetime.
http://raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com/
I don't know if it is possible to put pressure to find out why Khalid is being held, but maybe someone here can give me some suggestions.