Louay Hussein Explained

Birth Date:1960
Birth Place:Damascus, United Arab Republic
Death Place:Madrid, Spain
Nationality:Syrian
Occupation:Politician, writer

Louay Hussein (1960 – 10 March 2022) was a Syrian writer and opposition activist. He was also the founder of the Building the Syrian State Movement.

Life

Louay Hussein was born in Damascus in 1960 to Alawite parents,[1] and attended its schools until he joined the Department of Philosophy at Damascus University. He was arrested for the first time while he was a university student in 1984.[2] He was released in 1991.

Due to his support for the Daraa protests, he was detained once more on 22 March 2011.[3]

In a video leaked in 2015 he appeared to be praising Bashar al-Assad saying "The shoes of Bashar al-Assad, and anyone in the intelligence service is more honorable than the revolution".[4]

Hussein, died in Madrid after suffering from lung cancer, at the age of 62.[5]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: المدينة نيوز - معارض علوي: "حذاء بشار الأسد أشرف من الثورة السورية" . 13 May 2015 .
  2. Web site: وفاة المعارض السوري لؤي حسين بعد معاناة مع مرض عضال. www.alaraby.co.uk/.
  3. Web site: بتهمة 'إضعاف الشعور القومي'.. السلطات السورية تعتقل لؤي حسين | الحرة. www.alhurra.com.
  4. Web site: تسريب لرئيس تيار "بناء الدولة" في سوريا يثير جدلا. www.aljazeera.net.
  5. Web site: Syrian Opposition Politician Louay Hussein Dies in Spain. 10 March 2022.