London and Ottawa — Syria's best-known human-rights activist has agreed to represent Canadian Maher Arar when he comes to trial before a Syrian state security court, but so far he hasn't even been able to meet his new client.
Mr. Arar's wife, Monia Mazigh, asked Haitham al-Maleh to represent her husband at his trial, which is expected to start within a week or two. Mr. Arar, a Canadian citizen born in Syria, was arrested one year ago in New York as he was travelling home to Ottawa.
U.S. authorities shipped him off to Syria despite his Canadian citizenship, sparking an angry reaction from Ottawa.
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