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Bassel Khartabil, open source developer, Wikipedian, and free culture advocate, was taken from his friends and family he loves four years ago this week. On March 15, 2012, Bassel was kidnapped from the streets of Damascus by Syrian military intelligence. Since then, we know that he has suffered torture,...
EFF has joined with organizations around the world in calling for Syria to reveal the whereabouts of detained technologist
Bassel Khartabil. Khartabil's arbitrary detention and treatment by the Syrian authorities have been cause for concern since his initial arrest three and a half years ago.
Fears have grown...
Two weeks ago, I wrote of exchanging letters with Bassel Khartabil, the creator of Syria's first hackerspace, a Creative Commons contributor and Wikipedian. Bassel has been detained for three and a half years by the Syrian authorities.
Bassel sent his letters from Adra prison, a civilian jail in...
