Published : 05-08-2017
Several states and human rights institutions condemned, in the strongest terms, the execution of the prominent Palestinian cyber activist Bassel Khartabil in Syrian government jails, where he had been locked up for three years.
In a Friday statement, the United States said it is deeply saddened by reports of the execution of Syrian blogger and activist Bassel Khartabil by the Syrian regime.
“We extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones,” the statement read.
The United States expressed its outrage over the repeated acts of brutality, including torture, and extra-judicial executions, conducted by the Syrian regime.
“The Assad regime bears responsibility for the widespread suffering, death, and destruction it has inflicted on its own citizens,” it said.
Responding to news of the execution of the human rights activist Khartabil in detention in Syria, Anna Neistat, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, said: “We are deeply saddened and outraged at this awful news.”
“Bassel Khartabil will always be remembered as a symbol of courage, who peacefully fought for freedom to the very end. Our thoughts are with his family,” she added.
“Bassel Khartabil’s death is a grim reminder of the horrors that take place in Syrian prisons every day,” Neistat maintained. “The tens of thousands of people currently locked away inside Syrian government detention facilities face torture, ill-treatment and extrajudicial executions. These cruel acts undoubtedly amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
UK’s Special Representative for Syria, Gareth Bayley, also extended his deepest condolences to Khartabil’s family and said that the casualty was a peaceful defender of human rights and of the freedom of expression and information.
“The Assad regime’s rampant use of torture, arbitrary detention and execution of tens of thousands of innocent Syrians – whose only crime was to want a better future for their country – must be put to an end,” Bayley posted on Twitter.
The extrajudicial execution of Khartabil sparked furor on social media networks, with thousands of bloggers, activists, and social media users expressing their deepest sadness for his death and sympathy with his wife and family.
The Syrian government executed the Palestinian web developer and cyber activist Bassel Khartabil AlSafadi in 2015, his family has said.
The execution of Bassel Khartabil was carried out days after he was moved to the Adra prison on October 3, 2015.
Bassel was kidnapped by the Syrian intelligence forces on March 15, 2012 and detained for eight months before he was transferred to the Adra prison in Damascus in December 2012. Basel had been subjected to harsh torture in the Adra lock-up.
The computer engineer is credited with vastly extending online access and knowledge and was a regular contributor to Wikipedia, Mozilla Firefox, and Open Clip Art, among other international encyclopedias, web browsers, and corporations.
Several states and human rights institutions condemned, in the strongest terms, the execution of the prominent Palestinian cyber activist Bassel Khartabil in Syrian government jails, where he had been locked up for three years.
In a Friday statement, the United States said it is deeply saddened by reports of the execution of Syrian blogger and activist Bassel Khartabil by the Syrian regime.
“We extend our deepest and heartfelt condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones,” the statement read.
The United States expressed its outrage over the repeated acts of brutality, including torture, and extra-judicial executions, conducted by the Syrian regime.
“The Assad regime bears responsibility for the widespread suffering, death, and destruction it has inflicted on its own citizens,” it said.
Responding to news of the execution of the human rights activist Khartabil in detention in Syria, Anna Neistat, Amnesty International’s Senior Director of Research, said: “We are deeply saddened and outraged at this awful news.”
“Bassel Khartabil will always be remembered as a symbol of courage, who peacefully fought for freedom to the very end. Our thoughts are with his family,” she added.
“Bassel Khartabil’s death is a grim reminder of the horrors that take place in Syrian prisons every day,” Neistat maintained. “The tens of thousands of people currently locked away inside Syrian government detention facilities face torture, ill-treatment and extrajudicial executions. These cruel acts undoubtedly amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity.
UK’s Special Representative for Syria, Gareth Bayley, also extended his deepest condolences to Khartabil’s family and said that the casualty was a peaceful defender of human rights and of the freedom of expression and information.
“The Assad regime’s rampant use of torture, arbitrary detention and execution of tens of thousands of innocent Syrians – whose only crime was to want a better future for their country – must be put to an end,” Bayley posted on Twitter.
The extrajudicial execution of Khartabil sparked furor on social media networks, with thousands of bloggers, activists, and social media users expressing their deepest sadness for his death and sympathy with his wife and family.
The Syrian government executed the Palestinian web developer and cyber activist Bassel Khartabil AlSafadi in 2015, his family has said.
The execution of Bassel Khartabil was carried out days after he was moved to the Adra prison on October 3, 2015.
Bassel was kidnapped by the Syrian intelligence forces on March 15, 2012 and detained for eight months before he was transferred to the Adra prison in Damascus in December 2012. Basel had been subjected to harsh torture in the Adra lock-up.
The computer engineer is credited with vastly extending online access and knowledge and was a regular contributor to Wikipedia, Mozilla Firefox, and Open Clip Art, among other international encyclopedias, web browsers, and corporations.
