A Swedish journalist has been arrested in Syria for allegedly insulting the Syrian state ten years ago, Sweden's foreign ministry announced today. Rachid Alhajeh was arrested at Damascus airport earlier this month. His supposed offence occurred when he interviewed a Syrian asylum-seeker for Swedish television and the Syrian made critical comments about his home country. Alhajeh, 61, was born in Palestine, emigrated to Sweden in the 1970s and holds Swedish citizenship. (Via The Local - Sweden's news in English)
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