Lila, would you be able to somehow contact the Russian government? On Nov 23, 2015 18:25, "Samir Elsharbaty" <selsharb...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Some suggestions of things we can do: > > 1. The list of signatories on the amnesty international website does not > include the WMF, the Wikimedia community, any of our affiliations or any > representation from the Wikimedia movement. I wonder if we can contact them > and request adding any of the above mentioned? > > 2. Use our SM channels to retweet the WMF blog post [1] about him with the > news that he is sentenced to death. > > 3. We all try to share supporting tweets on the #FreeBassel hashtag. > > [1] http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/10/08/bassel-missing-syria/ > > Thanks, > > Samir > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 7:02 PM, Lila Tretikov <l...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Gerard, this is devastating news. Please send our love to Bassel's > family. > > I still hope this is not true. > > > > If there is anything we can do from here please let us know. > > Lila > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Gerard Meijssen < > > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hoi, > > > I was so afraid when I read that Bassel has been sentenced to death. I > > read > > > it on the website of Amnesty International [1]. I blogged about him in > > the > > > past [2]. I am sad to say that it is him. > > > > > > Bassel was active as a Wikimedian, he worked towards making information > > > available about Palmyra. > > > > > > If there is anything that we can do, please let us do this. > > > Thanks, > > > GerardM > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > > http://www.amnesty.nl/nieuwsportaal/pers/syria-fears-life-free-expression-advocate > > > [2] > > > > > > > > > http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2015/10/freebassel-free-culture-advocate-who.html > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
