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Syria: 80 Year-Old Human Rights Activist Arrested

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Syria, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights

Omar Mushawah reported [1] [ar] the arrest of Haytham al-Maleh, a Syrian lawyer and human rights advocate who also spent 6 years in prison in the period between 1980 and 1986 for demanding constitutional reforms. Al-Maleh is also a co-founder of the Syrian Human Rights Society.