I hate to say it, but I'm afraid that about the only help available for Bassel from outside Syria is for a Russian colleague with friends in high places to star

I hate to say it, but I'm afraid that about the only help available for Bassel from outside Syria is for a Russian colleague with friends in high places to start lobbying for his release. Russian hackers? Have any friends in the government? His imprisonment is a shame, since Bassel could be any one of us if we had had been born in an oppressive country -- and one that is now at war (and I'm sure some of you reading were born in such countries).