Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Bassel Khartabil
Born: May 22, 1981
Died: October 3, 2015 (aged 34)
Bio: Bassel Khartabil, also known as Bassel Safadi, was a Palestinian Syrian open-source software developer. From March 15, 2012, the one-year anniversary of the Syrian uprising, he was detained by the Syrian government at Adra Prison in Damascus.