Syria's opposition National
Coalition has nominated veteran dissident Haitham al-Maleh to head Syria’s seat
in the Arab League, Zaman
Alwasl source said.
The political
body Friday agreed on a proposal by Ahmad Jarba, NC leader, and Badr Jamous,
secretary general, to appoint the director of Coalition legal bureau as Syria's
envoy to Arab League.
The 22-member League suspended the government of
Bashar Assad in 2011 after it unleashed a bloody crackdown on a pro-democracy
movement that sparked a violent uprising.
The League subsequently granted the seat to the
Coalition but postponed full participation in the body’s activities until a
provisional government was formed. That has now been accomplished, according to
Arab News.
In relevant development, Secretary-General of the Arab
League Nabil al-Arabi has invited Mr. Jarba during the last meeting between
them in Cairo February 5 to attend the next Arab summit on
March 25 in Kuwait as well to address Arab leaders, source said.
Al-Maleh, 83, is a Syrian democracy activist and
former judge. He has been imprisoned by the Syrian government as a political
prisoner on several occasions since the 1960s. He earned a degree in law and a
diploma in international law. He has received many awards for his defense of
human rights in Syria.
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