TRUTH FIGHTER
Drawn for wahrheitskaempfer.de: Portraits of murdered and persecuted journalists
Artists draw murdered and imprisoned journalists from all over the world because we admire their courage and want to erect a monument to them.
SABA SHERDOST, * IRAN, IN CUSTODY SINCE 2022
Saba Sherdost / 2022 / watercolor on paper / 21 x 30 cm
Poster of Iranian women journalists in prison
Painted by 21 artists for CFWIJ – womeninjournalism.org and Amnesty Iran – amnesty.org on International Human Rights Day on 10 December 2022
JANNA JIHAD, * 2006 PALESTINE / WEST BANK, THREATENED
Janna Jihad / 2022 / watercolor and acrylic on paper / 21 x 30 cm
PATRICIA DEVLIN, * NORTHERN IRELAND, UNITED KINGDOM, THREATENED SINCE 2019
Patricia Devlin / 2022 / watercolour on paper / 30 x 21 cm
ALIREZA AHMADI, b. 1986 IRAN, ASSASSINATED 2021 AFGHANISTAN
Alireza Ahmadi / 2022 / watercolor on paper / 30 x 21 cm
AUSTIN BENNETT TICE, * 1981 USA, IN SYRIAN CAPTIVITY SINCE 2012
Austin Tice / 2019 / watercolor on paper / 30.5x23 cm
ZEHRA DOĞAN *1989 TURKEY, IN TURKISH CUSTODY FROM 2016 – 2019
Zehra Doğan / 2019 / watercolor on paper / 23 x 30.5cm
ZEHRA DOĞAN *1989 TURKEY, IN TURKISH CUSTODY FROM 2016 – 2019
Zehra Doğan / 2019 / watercolor on paper / 23 x 30.5cm