Blog - Children’s drawings depict the horror of Syrian conflict

Headline Title: Blog - Children’s drawings depict the horror of Syrian conflict 11 September 2012 By an Amnesty International researcher in LebanonTanks, shells and mortars are hardly the norm in children’s drawings, not to mention a bloodied face or arm. But when I recently gave paper and crayons to Syrian children who have taken refuge in Lebanon, their artistic efforts drove home how most have seen horrors that no child should have to witness.The children and their parents are among 50 families taking shelter in a mosque in Arsal, near the Syrian border. The large influx…

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