In August 2011, shortly after this last cartoon was published, Ferzat was seized on the streets of Damascus by a militia group loyal to Assad. They beat him savagely and shattered both of his hands. Pictures of Ferzat lying black-eyed and bloodied on a hospital bed shocked the world. In 2011 he was awarded the Sakharov prize for peace and in 2012 he was named one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2012/jun/21/drawing-syria-revolution-ali-farzat-video
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