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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Syrian children's art on display in Shanghai shows impact of war

A non-governmental organization (NGO) in China opened an exhibition in Shanghai this week of paintings by Syrian children to raise awareness about the migrant crisis in the war-torn country. The Chinese Initiative on International Law, an independent NGO, obtained the paintings when its founder Liu Yiqiang and his team researched Syrian refugees in Greece and Turkey. After a request from a refugee centre, Liu's team brought 50 paintings by Syrian children back to China and put 30 of them on display in Shanghai on Monday.


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