Ibrahim Rashidi, journalist and blogger from the province of Azerbaijan arrested on Monday June 14, 2010.

On Monday afternoon Rashidi was meeting with a friend atArdebilbazaar before hearrestedon his way to his sister’s home.

According to a report by ADAPP News, witnesses claim that security forces were pursuingIbrahim Rashidi on his way to his sister’s home.There is still no word on the official cause of Rashidi’s arrest or his current whereabouts.

Recently, security officials searched the residence ofIbrahim Rashidi’s father in Meshkin Shahr. During the search they confiscated his writings and books.

Rashidi was also arrested in 2006 and served a five-month prison term in Orumiyeh, after being arrested again in 2007.

Ibrahim Rashidi was a writer for the monthly periodicalBayaramand the banned weekly paperNavid-eAzerbaijan. He was a member of the non-government organization Azertoprag, a professor at the Shahriar Cultural Society inOrumiyehUniversity, and managed operations for the student newspaperOlduzwhile serving as editor for another student publicationBolut.

In April and May of 2006, Amnesty International issued statements condemning the continued harassment and detention of Azerbaijani journalists and bloggers.