Haitham al-Maleh

Haitham al-Maleh (Arabic: هيثم المالح, born August 15, 1931) is a Syrian human rights activist and former judge. An independent Islamist and longtime critic of Syria's Ba'athist regime, he was imprisoned several times after standing for human rights and calling for constitutional reforms. In the early 2000s, al-Maleh was a figure of the Damascus Spring. During the Syrian Civil War, he was active in opposition groups. He was a member of the Syrian National Council then of the Syrian National Coalition.