Lesbian blogger from Syria is missing

A critic of the Syria government, especially on gay issues, was allegedly abducted yesterday, reports 365gay.com.

On Monday Amina Abdallah Araf, who blogs at A Gay Girl in Damascus, was walking with a friend when three men forced her into a car.

“Amina was seized by three men in their early 20’s. According to the witness (who does not want her identity known), the men were armed. Amina hit one of them and told the friend to go find her father,” the blogger’s cousin, Rania O. Ismail, wrote.

As of this morning, no one knows her whereabouts. Ismail notes Araf’s kidnappers “are assumed to be members of one of the security services or the Baath Party militia.”

According to The Atlantic, the blogger has been getting notice ever since the start of the Syria uprising. Traffic has increased to her site and it has been noticed by various news organizations from CNN, Time, and the Washington Post.