Thanks for the (sad) update, Gregory.
Best,
2017-08-02 16:11 GMT-05:00 Enock Seth Nyamador <kwadzo459(a)gmail.com>om>:
Very sad. A legend he is.
Best,
- Enock
2017-08-02 20:42 GMT+00:00 Bobby Shabangu <bobbyshabangu(a)gmail.com>om>:
This is very heartbreaking news indeed!
May his family find strentght in these dark times. 😢
On 2 Aug 2017 01:01, "Katherine Maher" <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am very deeply saddened to share the news of the passing of our
fellow
community
member Bassel Khartabil, also known to some as Bassel Safadi.
Bassel was detained on March 15, 2012 amid arrests on the one-year
anniversary of the Syrian uprising. He had been missing since October
2015,
when he was removed from the Syrian prison where
he was being held. His
wife, Noura, confirmed earlier today in a statement on Facebook that he
was
> executed by the Syrian government shortly after his disappearance.
>
> Bassel was a leader, advocate, and member of so many open culture
> communities it is difficult to do them all justice. In addition to his
> contributions to Wikimedia, he was project lead and public affiliate
for
> Creative Commons Syria, a member of the
Global Voices community, a free
> software advocate and contributor to Mozilla, and much more. The
European
> Parliament statement on his detention
credited him with “opening up the
> Internet in Syria and vastly extending online access and knowledge to
the
> Syrian people."[1] He was known for his
boundless enthusiasm and
passion,
always
encouraging others to share, create, and connect with a better
world
> around them.
>
> Many of you cared deeply about Bassel, working to raise awareness of
his
> detention and disappearance. Please know
that his friends and family
knew
of and
appreciated these efforts, both as a voice on his behalf and a
reminder of the values of the communities to which he devoted his time
and
> attention. I personally am grappling with profound anger and sorrow
that
someone
so brilliant, humane, and generous should be taken in this way.
For
> those who did not know Bassel, you can learn more about his life and
work
> at his article [2], and at
https://freebassel.org.
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation will publish a statement soon, and ask for
your
support
in helping us translate that message to share more broadly. We
will
also work to find a way to celebrate Bassel’s
life and honor his
contributions at Wikimania next week.
Yours, sadly,
Katherine
[1]
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//
TEXT+WQ+E-2013-014046+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN
[2] (en)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassel_Khartabil; (ar)
https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%84_%D8%
AE%D8%B1%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84
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