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Marc Nelson

Paintings and Drawings @marcnelsonart

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Sketch.My friend #MazenAlHamada , a #Syrian activist, and survivor of #Assad ‘s torture prisons, speaks at the forum ‘Syria, damning proofs” @amnesty @EDA_DFAE #Switzerland . Three years later he would be ‘disappeared’ by the #Syrian regime.652 days, and no word. #SyriaNotSafe December 19, 2021
Sketch.Abbas Khan, a father of two, was a British orthopaedic surgeon who was killed at age 32 on 16 December 2013 while imprisoned by the #Assad #Syrian government. Khan’s mother spent 5 months alone in #Syria trying to save her son. #Justice we demand #Justice. #WarCrimes December 16, 2021
Sketch.Samira Khalil is a Syrian dissident, former political detainee and a revolutionary activist from the #Homs region of Syria. Khalil is currently missing after being abducted in #Douma on 12/9/13, along with fellow activists Razan Zaitouneh, Wael Hamada, and Nazem Hammadi. December 10, 2021
Sketch. Text via Paul Conroy December 5, 2021
Sketch. Despite his years of torture in #Assad ‘s prisons, my friend #MazenAlHummada saw hope in the kindness, compassion, and soul of others. We can not fail #Mazen and his fellow #detainees still suffering and dying in #Syria . Mazen has been missing 637 days. We are his voice. December 4, 2021
Sketch from photo by Ammar Alzeer. A #refugee grandfather protects his young granddaughter from the frigid gusts, after their tent was destroyed by torrential wind. They have been displaced from their houses by #Assad , but their true home is in each other’s arms. #Idlib #Syria December 3, 2021December 3, 2021
Sketch from eyewitness photo. All he wanted was a safer, better, life. He froze to death in a lonely sleeping bag near #Belarus . #Refugees #asylumishumanright @BelarusUNOG @Poland November 30, 2021
Sketch from eyewitness photo. #Syria November 28, 2021
Sketch from eyewitness photo. A few days ago this little girl was murdered by an #Assad #Putin air strike on #civilians in #Syria. I draw these stolen lives because I don’t want to just scroll by, I want to spend time with them. Their lives deserve mourning , action, and justice. November 27, 2021
Sketch from eyewitness photo (Maciej Moskwa / Testigo Documentary)Michał of Fundacja Ocalenie saving a #refugee from freezing to death at the #Poland #Belarus border. People like Michal are what I’m thankful for everyday. #Thanksgiving2021@FundOcalenie November 24, 2021November 24, 2021

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