There's not much more information than what's provided on the Free Bassel home page, but we at EFF have been calling for his release for the past few months https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/open-source-developer-bassel-khartabil-detained-syria
P On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Kevin Driscoll <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Today I learned about FOSS programmer and advocate Bassel Khartabil > who has been detained for nearly six months in Syria. Is anyone on the > list currently involved with this campaign and can provide more > detail? > > http://freebassel.org/ > > Kevin > > From the website: > -- > > On March 15, 2012, Bassel Khartabil was detained in a wave of arrests > in the Mazzeh district of Damascus. Since then, his family has > received no official explanation for his detention or information > regarding his whereabouts. However, his family has recently learned > from previous detainees at the security branch of Kafer Sousa, > Damascus, that Bassel is being held at this location. > > Bassel Khartabil, a Palestinian-Syrian, 31, is a respected computer > engineer specializing in open source software development, the type of > contributions the Internet is built upon. He launched his career ten > years ago in Syria, working as a technical director for a number of > local companies on cultural projects like restoring Palmyra and > Forward Syria Magazine. > > Since then, Bassel has become known worldwide for his strong > commitment to the open web, teaching others about technology, and > contributing his experience freely to help the world. Bassel is the > project leader for an open source web software called Aiki Framework. > He is well known in online technical communities as a dedicated > volunteer to major Internet projects like Creative Commons > (www.creativecommons.org), Mozilla Firefox (www.mozilla.org), > Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.org), Open Clip Art Library > (www.openclipart.org), Fabricatorz (www.fabricatorz.com), and Sharism > (www.sharism.org). > > Since his arrest, Bassel’s valuable volunteer work, both in Syria and > around the world, has been stopped. His absence has been painful for > the communities that depend on him. In addition, his family, and his > fiancée whom he was due to marry this past April, have had their lives > put on hold. > > Bassel Khartabil has been unjustly detained for nearly four months > without trial or any legal charges being brought against him. > > We, the signees of the #FREEBASSEL campaign, demand immediate > information regarding his detention, health, and psychological state. > > We urge the Syrian Government to release the community member, > husband-to-be, son to a mother and father, and celebrated > International software engineer Bassel Khartabil, immediately. > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.freeculture.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > FAQ: http://wiki.freeculture.org/Fc-discuss > -- parker higgins san francisco, ca http://parkerhiggins.net gmail / gchat: [email protected] twitter / identi.ca: @xor skype: thisisparker please consider software freedom before reading this e-mail on a proprietary platform
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