On behalf of the Dutch Press & Print Foundation cartoonist René Leisink (artist name Argus) has asked a number of prominent Dutch cartoonists to make a cartoon to support the Ali Ferzat, the Syrian cartoonist that was beaten up for his cartoons. Appropriately, the cartoons are shown as 'get well'-messages drawn on a cast.

Participating cartoonists are (from left to right): Reid, Geleijdse & Van Tol, Hajo, Ruben L. Oppenheimer, Argus, Marijn, Stefan verwey, Len Munnik , Joep Bertrams, Djanko, Farhad Foroutanian, Berend Vonk, Bas van der Schot and Trik.

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Other platforms that have collected cartoons in support of Ali Ferzat are the Washington Post (featuring a number of cartoons made by artists from our network), dscriber.com and Cartooning for Peace.

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Cartoon by Vladimir Kazanevsky

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