Bassel Khartabil

A [[person]].
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[[deceased]] [[palestinian]] [[open source]] [[developer]].
Played a part in freeing the Syrian internet and enabling the [[syrian uprising]] around 2011-2012.
- Was detained by the Syrian government a year later and executed around 2015.
"Jail is not walls, not the executioner and guards. It is the hidden fear in our hearts that makes us prisoners."
In his last year in prison, he made a series of at least four paintings that he was able to smuggle out to friends: https://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/albums/72157661427611211