Sketch (ink/watercolor). From the testimony of Mohamed Al Shami, 3 yrs. tortured in #Syria by #Assad regime. “We hope the guard with heavy boots, a sick artist in violence, doesn’t enter our cell. We hope we don’t see a tortured corpse every morning in our cell.” @MarkCutts February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

Sketch (ink/watercolor). From the testimony of Mohamed Al Shami, 3 yrs. tortured in #Syria by #Assad regime. “We hope the guard with heavy boots, a sick artist in violence, doesn’t enter our cell. We hope we don’t see a tortured corpse every morning in our cell.” @MarkCutts February 20, 2021

Sketch(homemade ink/watercolor) from the testimony of #MazenAlHummada in @garancelecaisne “Caesar” book: “Mazen wrapped the body in a blanket and carried him to the guard’s room. Then he broke down. ‘They’ll torture you to death too if they catch you crying’ Mazen’s cousin said” February 19, 2021

Sketch from the testimony of Mohamed Al Shami, tortured for 3 years in #Saydnaya prison by the #Assad regime“ I was bleary, blindfolded, when the guard threw me down the basement stairs. I shattered my teeth, ruptured my lips. Drinking a drop of water became excruciating.” February 14, 2021

Sketch from eyewitness photo. #Assad airstrikes this week continue. #Civilians like this teenage boy, are injured, traumatized, and murdered. #Assad and #Putin are celebrating the world’s indifference to #Syrian death. Silence is a green light for #genocide . @StateDept February 13, 2021

Sketch. From the testimony of Mohamed Al Shami, tortured 3 yrs. by the #Assad regime in #Saydnaya prison #Syria .“How can I forget the smell of the bodies of innocent detainees that are still inside my nose today?How do I forget the daily horror of stolen lives in body bags?” February 13, 2021

Sketch from eyewitness video via @DrShajulIslam“TODAY! A family of 5, including two children, were hit by artillery shelling by the #Assad regime on the village of Al-Bara, south of #Idlib.When will the terrorism of #Assad and #Putin end?” Via @FARED_ALHOR @RaedAlSaleh3 February 10, 2021

Sketch (oil paint on paper)from a video by @FARED_ALHOR .As 10 years of #Assad murdering civilians approaches,10 yrs. of #Syrians being killled and disappeared because they seek #democracy, Samir Aktaa, pours his soul, and his people’s pain, into his oud. World, stop ignoring Syria’s suffering. February 9, 2021

Sketch. In honor of #Syrian artist and activist Esam Hamzeh, who passed away recently from #COVID19. Esam, despite physical difficulties, poured her heart and soul into her support for #HumanRights and #freedom for her Syrian brothers and sisters. She will be greatly missed. February 7, 2021

Sketch (sculpture installation,drawing, oil paint). “Visitation”. From @garancelecaisne “Operation Caesar” : Caesar: “ I was simply terrified. The things I had seen during the day would pass before my eyes. I could see my brothers/sisters as one of the corpses”. @HolocaustMuseum February 7, 2021