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Common Sense Communications and PR Army initiated artproet dedicated to civilian Ukrainians in hostage

Common Sense Communications and Pr Army NGOs began the implementation of the Art For Freedom project: Unseen Civilians to attract the attention of the world community to Ukrainian civilians who are illegally held in Russian prisons. The project will create art works that will show at the exhibitions that will be held this year in November-December in Germany, Portugal and France. The article of the project Art For Freedom: Unseen Civilians will be the famous Ukrainian Pictoric illustrators club.

Ukrainian and foreign artists plan to create 10 illustrations with stories of civilians stolen and prisoners. It will be possible to find out about the fate of these people by QR code on posters. The purpose of the project is to mobilize international pressure on Russia to return civil prisoners. According to Oleg Gryshchenko Pictoric Article and co -founder of the Pictoric Club, he has held more than 70 exhibitions around the world together with partners.

In his opinion, it is through art that the truth about the war in Ukraine can be conveyed to the world community. "It is a very universal and democratic language that can sensually" trigger "the audience regardless of its social status. These can be diplomats, managers, creative community or just ordinary people. And it is really great power," Oleg Grishchenko stressed.

Christina Skudor, the doctor's homemade manager of the WHERE ARE OUR PEOPLE? NGO PR ARMY, noted that the international community is not aware of the maintenance of Ukrainian civilians stolen in Russian prisons. "Thousands of stolen Ukrainians are behind the bars of Russian prisons on the hidden accusations. The exact number of civilians, illegally detained and convicted, no one can name, however, human rights activists say tens of thousands of persons.

There are no legal mechanisms for their release. territories, are potential hostages. Marina Govorukhina, a specialist in Common Sense Communications, emphasized the importance of coverage in foreign media with civilians, illegally held by Russia. "International publicity is an important mechanism that is actually working. For this we have been conducting information campaigns in the EU for two years (in particular, in Germany).

We urge Europeans to become a voice of Ukrainian hostages, to share their stories, to press on local politicians," he said she. Reference. PR Army is an independent non -profit organization of Ukrainian communication experts. The team works with the world media and binds Ukrainian witnesses to war, officials and experts on various topics with international journalists.

The Mission of PR ARMY is to help Ukraine win the information war against the Russian Federation and build the image of Ukraine as a democratic and independent European country. It was created a few hours after Russia's full -scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Common Sense Communications is a public organization that started working in 2021 and is part of the Comms Hub - a global network of organizations operating in promocratic strategic communications.