Amnesty’s Syria Ads Prove Humankind Can Be Worse Than Natural Disasters • Discoverology

Amnesty’s Syria Ads Prove Humankind Can Be Worse Than Natural Disasters

Amnesty International is known for its provocative ads for human rights. In its campaign for the freedom and democracy of Syria, war zones where housing and huge blocks of land are destroyed have been depicted in ads.

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