The family of one extraordinary Syrian man facing life in prison has appealed to the EU for diplomatic assistance.
“We need the urgent support of the European Union. This is our call to the European External Action Service, and all EU institutions, for diplomatic intervention to secure the release of Bassel Safadi. Bassel represents the ordinary man in Syria who has done extraordinary things for his country: opening up the Internet. Your immediate action can save him. Thank you,” Alrifai, the victim’s uncle, said in the letter. […]
In Syria, where strict Internet censorship, backed up by surveillance tools bought from European companies, is used as a tool of repression, his work has made him a revolutionary. […]
http://euobserver.com/foreign/119429