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Company Removes Blast Victim Portraits To Put Up Ad
Over 20 portraits memorializing victims of the August 4 explosion on the walls of Downtown Beirut were taken down and replaced with advertisements for the company District S”.
The portraits were hand-drawn by artist Brady Black on the 9 month anniversary of the blast in a bid to pay tribute to the victims.
Enraged activists decried this move as an attempt to erase the crimes that were committed and quickly rushed to put up new pictures of the victims over the ad.
As the two-year anniversary of the blast nears, the Lebanese state has yet to take accountability for the hundreds of lives that perished due to governmental negligence. Judicial investigations into the event have been stuck in a recurring stop-start process and marred by consistent political interference.
Activist groups and families of the victims of the explosion have vowed to never forgive and to continue to fight until justice is served.
لاحظنا اليوم قيام شركة بإزالة أكثر من عشرين صورة لضحايا مرفأ بيروت و الهدف لصق دعاية و إعلان لها
— Roy B. (@Roy_b93) June 21, 2022
وكردّة فعل قمنا بلصق صور الضحايا من جديدة فوق الإعلان💔
لن نسامح و لن ننسى إجرام السلطة و سوف نبقى نطالب بالعدالة لضحايا تفجير الرابع من آب 💔🇱🇧 pic.twitter.com/dsUSMNd1uf
The portraits were hand-drawn by artist Brady Black on the 9 month anniversary of the blast in a bid to pay tribute to the victims.
A moving tribute to the victims of the #BeirutBlast by the artist @1bradyblack who drew over 200 portraits, installed today in Downtown #Beirut. #TheyMatter #Lebanon #talkaboutlebanon pic.twitter.com/NHZq1apULd
— Sirine Ghandour (@SirineGJ) May 4, 2021
Enraged activists decried this move as an attempt to erase the crimes that were committed and quickly rushed to put up new pictures of the victims over the ad.
A company posted over portraits of #beirutblast victims, including Isaac’s, with an ad. @Roy_b93 &others responded by putting photos of the victims on top of the ad.
— Sarah Copland 🦋 (@sas_yvonne) June 22, 2022
I sobbed when I saw this. At the inhumanity of the company &the kindness of those always looking out for my son. https://t.co/oMfBzBZ5Z3
As the two-year anniversary of the blast nears, the Lebanese state has yet to take accountability for the hundreds of lives that perished due to governmental negligence. Judicial investigations into the event have been stuck in a recurring stop-start process and marred by consistent political interference.
Activist groups and families of the victims of the explosion have vowed to never forgive and to continue to fight until justice is served.
