Ali Ferzat

Larry August 26, 2011 Doodles 3 Comments

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Ali Ferzat

Ball point pen on today’s newsprint

Brilliant Syrian political cartoonist had both his hands broken for his unflattering drawings of Assad and his government.

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3 Responses to “Ali Ferzat”

  1. VEe! said:

    Aug 26, 11 at 8:37 am

    I’ve heard of cartoonist being threatened before but this is just not cool.

  2. Larry said:

    Aug 26, 11 at 8:53 am

    Not cool at all. This reminds me of that Russian journalist being beaten for writing about corruption in Moscow. Click here and here

  3. JASG said:

    Aug 27, 11 at 9:00 am

    Cartoons have been a sustainable form of protest and the muslims, for example, doesn’t seem to appreciate it.