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Janet Galbraith

a cartoon drawn by cartoonist Eaten Fish that shows a map of Russia with a sad face, a tear in one eye and the words "I am only a refugee" wit the "I" in the shape of a fishbone.

How Eaten Fish survived four years in refugee detention with his cartoons, social media and a network of activist friends

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It took pressure, and lots of it, to get Iranian cartoonist known as “Eaten Fish” out of the Australian-run detention camp and it was social media that started the domino of pressure and activism that finally freed him.

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