Sketch. Sarah Hegazi (1989 – June 14, 2020), was an #Egyptian #LGBTQRights activist. She was arrested and tortured in prison in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a concert in #Cairo. She claimed asylum in #Canada. Suffering from #PTSD, she committed suicide. July 9, 2020
Sketch. The last survivor of the final #slave ship to the #USA, born in Africa as Kossula, died in America in 1935 as Cudjo Lewis. #JUNETEENTH2020 #HappyJuneteenth #JuneteenthDay June 19, 2020
Sketch #1 from #Caesar photograph. Everyday, from now until the fall of #Assad and the release of the #Syrian #detainees , I will draw and share one of #assadregime victims of #torture and #murder . We will NOT turn our backs on their suffering! @FADELABDULGHANY June 19, 2020
Sketch from eyewitness photo. #nursinghomes across the #US are being failed by @realDonaldTrump inadequate response to the rising #COVID19 cases. #Nurses desperately need #PPE and @fema sends giant blue garbage bags with no hand openings. Via @NPR June 13, 2020
Sketch from eyewitness photo. Fleeing from torture, persecution, war, and death, #Refugees from #Syria and other war zones are routinely greeted in #Europe by #PoliceBrutality . This young man was beaten by #Croatian police before being #deported. #EU Help them! June 13, 2020
Sketch from eyewitness photo. #Richmond #Virginia . A statue of #ChristopherColumbus is splashed in red paint, set ablaze, and tossed in a river. These statues glorify genocidal rapists and deserve to “sleep with the fishes”! #BLMprotest #NativeLivesMatter June 11, 2020
Sketch Drawing Art from eyewitness photo. #Sacramento #California statue of #JohnSutter , a 19th cent. businessman, enslaved hundreds of #NativeAmericans and set the stage for their #genocide . During the #GeorgeFloyd protests, Sutter’s statue got a bath in red paint. June 9, 2020
Sketch from eyewitness photo. King #LeopoldII statue in #Antwerp burned and drenched in red paint to symbolize the 10 million #Congolese he murdered, and the countless #civilians he mutilated. A fitting dressing for a #rascist mass murderer . #BLMprotest Drawing Art June 9, 2020June 9, 2020
Sketch Drawing Art from eyewitness photo. A #GeorgeFloyd protestor, tear gassed by #police in #DCProtests “Your reminder that tear gas is a chemical weapon banned in war”- via @RBReich June 8, 2020June 9, 2020
Sketch Drawing Art from eyewitness photo. The soon to be dismantled monument to #RobertELee in #Richmond #Virginia . I don’t care if he was a great “tactician”, the man owned humans and was known for deliberately seperating families on his own plantation. #BlackLivesMatter #GeorgeFloyd June 8, 2020June 9, 2020