Syria: 80 Year-Old Human Rights Activist Arrested

Posted 24 October 2009 18:45 GMT

Countries	Syria
Topics	Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Digital Activism
Languages	Arabic

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Español	· Siria: Arrestan a activista de Derechos Humanos de 80 años
Swahili	· Syria: Mwanaharakati wa Haki Za Binaadamu Mwenye Umri wa Miaka 80 Akamatwa

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Omar Mushawah reported [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.

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