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===Bassel Khartabil===
[[Bassel Khartabil]] was a Palestinian Syrian [[Open-source software|open source software]] developer who served as a project lead and public affiliate for Creative Commons Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Syria|title=Syria|publisher=Creative Commons|access-date=March 15, 2015|archive-date=March 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301080256/http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Syria|url-status=live}}</ref> On March 15, 2012, he was detained by the Syrian government in [[Damascus]] at [[Adra Prison]] for no crime. On October 17, 2015, the Creative Commons Board of Directors passed a resolution calling for Bassel Khartabil's release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/46253|title=Board of Directors approved a resolution calling for Bassel Khartabil release|website=Creative Commons Blog|publisher=Creative Commons|date=October 17, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2016|archive-date=December 4, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204032604/http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/46253|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, Bassel's wife received confirmation that Bassel had been killed shortly after she lost contact with him in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bassel-khartabil-safadi-executed-syria-activist-dead-prison-widow-confirms-democracy-adra-damascus-a7872771.html|title=Bassel Khartabil Safadi dead: One of Syria's most famous activists has been executed in prison, widow confirms|last=McKernan|first=Bethan|date=August 2, 2017|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=August 2, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802150820/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/bassel-khartabil-safadi-executed-syria-activist-dead-prison-widow-confirms-democracy-adra-damascus-a7872771.html|url-status=live}}</ref>