Spying Blogger

Syria accused a blogger of 19 years held to be a spy, a Syrian official said on Monday the first to comment authorities in a case that has prompted calls by the New York-based Human Rights Watch the young woman at liberty.
Tal al-Mallohi was taken into custody last December. His blog, known for poetry and social commentary, focusing primarily on issues of Palestine and the suffering.
"She was detained on charges of spying for a foreign country," Has the Syrian said. "His espionage led to an attack against a Syrian army officer by the agents of that foreign country."
The official did not specify which countries would al-Mallohi spying for or details of the attack on the Syrian agent. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to media.
It was unclear whether the arrest of al-Mallohi was connected to the blog.
His father, al-Dosari Mallohi, told The Associated Press that he and his wife visited their daughter in prison Doma, last Thursday and was in good health.
It was the first time they saw their daughter or told of its location in nine months, he said, but declined to comment further.
Last month, Human Rights Watch has called for the release of al-Mallohi.
"Holding a high school student for nine months without charge is typical of the cruel, arbitrary conduct of the security of Syria," Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East director at Human Rights Watch, said at the time.