Syria has arrested a prominent writer and democracy campaigner who has long been one of the government's most outspoken critics, his family and a local rights organization said Monday.
Michel Kilo, 66, was nabbed Sunday, days after he signed a petition calling on the Syrian regime to improve its relations with Lebanon, said Ammar Qurabi, the head of the National Organization for Human Rights.
Kilo's daughter, Shaza, told The Associated Press that her father was summoned by the police at noon on Sunday and did not return home.
