The brilliant life and brutal death of Bassel Khartabil, killed by Assad for writing free software
by Cory Doctorow from on (#33CZW)
Bassel Khartabil was a Syrian free software, free speech and Creative Commons activist who was jailed and tortured by the Assad regime, which eventually secretly sentenced him to death, then executed him in 2015, but kept it a secret until 2017. (more")