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#happybdaybassel
by Jennie Rose Halperin UncategorizedOn May 22nd, more than four years after his detention and six months after his disappearance, Bassel Khartabil (Arabic: باسل خرطبيل) will turn 35 years old. Bassel’s imprisonment by the Assad regime is a brutal human rights violation and the continued lack of answers about his fate is a hindrance to the fight for free…
Read the story of Bassel Khartabil, Syrian prisoner who lives and risks dying for a free Internet
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedThe original article was written by Stéphanie Vidal in Slate.fr. It has since been published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Please attribute author Stéphanie Vidal and Slate.fr as the place of first publication by linking to the original article. The following has been translated into English by Philippe Aigrain, Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay,…
Creative Commons Board of Directors approves resolution calling for Bassel Khartabil release
by Timothy Vollmer UncategorizedAt its meeting on October 16, 2015, the Creative Commons Board of Directors unanimously approved the following motion: Consensus Resolution re: Bassel Safadi WHEREAS: Creative Commons is hosting its bi-annual Global Summit in Seoul, South Korea from Oct 15-17, 2015, an event that has previously been attended by Bassel Khartabil, where he was an active…