A complete statement from the Wikimedia Foundation, made by Katherine, has been posted on
the Wikimedia Blog:
<https://blog.wikimedia.org/2017/08/03/bassel-khartabil/>
We are also asking for people’s assistance with translating this message into other
languages given the global impact of these events:
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_Bassel/Wikimedia_Foundation_mourns_the_loss_of_Bassel_Khartabil>
The plan is to make additional information about the Foundation’s efforts to honor
Bassel’s contributions and values will be available during Wikimania.
I want to join Katherine and others on this list in offering my personal condolences to
all impacted by this tragic outcome.
-greg
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Gregory Varnum
Communications Strategist
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
gvarnum(a)wikimedia.org
On Aug 3, 2017, at 2:26 AM, Isaac Olatunde
<reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Extremely sad news. May his soul continue to rest in perfect peace.
My condolence to the family.
Regards,
Isaac Olatunde.
On Aug 2, 2017 9:57 AM, "Richard Farmbrough" <richard(a)farmbrough.co.uk>
wrote:
Very sad news indeed. Frustrating that we could not gain more social
media traction, when there is such nonsense that does.
On 2 Aug 2017 08:37, "kayode yussuf" <kayusyussuf(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
This is a very sad news.
Bassel will continue to be an hero in our hearts and we will take solace
in his activities in the Open movement.
Kayode Yussuf
On Aug 2, 2017, at 00:19, David Gerard
<dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2 August 2017 at 00:00, Katherine Maher <kmaher(a)wikimedia.org>
wrote:
>>
>> at his article [2], and at
https://freebassel.org.
>
>
> This is giving an SSL error ...
>
>
> - d.
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