Politics

Our support to Ali Farzat

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Tens of journalists are dreaming in Syria to have the right to write freely.

Tens of journalists are dreaming in Syria to have the right to write freely.
Ali Farzat, a cartoonist, is one of them who hasn't been published since his satirical magazine was banned 3 years ago after only two years existence as the frist private magazine in the country. Even if the Syrian government is easing up a little, editors are still very afraid to publish anything that could anger the Baathist in charge of the country for more than 40 years.
Here is an example of Ali's art: an image of man who has been severely tortured. He hangs from a wall in chains, a severed hand and foot lie on the ground beneath him. Amid the chains and instruments of pain, the torturer himself sits watching a slushy romance on television. The torturer is clearly emotionally absorbed in the plot and has a tear rolling down his cheek....

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