Bullets and Silence – Cartoon by Martin Doyle

Tuesday, 12 June 2012, 9:40 am
Press Release: Martin Doyle

By Martin Doyle

The extraordinary role being played by Russia and China in regards the atrocities unfolding in Syria.

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