meikee Lim

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The main purpose of the poster is to make people aware of the lack of freedom of speech some prisoners lack. Thus, we came up with the idea of showing a subject that cannot talk. A black strip across the whole poster covers the subject’s mouths, and this symbolizes his inability to speak and defend himself. Instead of a normal rope for the noose, we chose to make the noose out of hands.
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Death is not justice


Our 2010 project asked for the universal abolition of the death penalty.
For us it’s simple. The death penalty is a violation of human rights. Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states: “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” How does that fit with beheading, stoning, hanging, lethally injecting or shooting someone?

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ITS in your HANDS

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