– Global Voices honors the life of open web activist Bassel Khartabil, executed by the Syrian regime (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News August 2, 2017

A Creative Commons leader in Syria who was active in projects including Mozilla Firefox and Wikipedia, Bassel Khartabil played a pivotal role in extending online access and open knowledge to the public in Syria. Bassel's whereabouts and condition were unknown until today, when his wife Noura Ghazi learned from Syrian officials that he was executed in 2015.
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