‘Comic artist’ with a cause

Activist artist: Shazeera uses various ways to raise awareness about human rights and torture prevention – one of them is through her love of drawing comics. — Handouts

COMING from a family deeply involved in political activism, championing human rights was always a calling for activist Shazeera Zawawi, who works with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT) in Geneva, Switzerland.

“I’m legally trained but I don’t think I was built to be a lawyer that litigates. Working in the field of human rights is closer to my heart, ” she tells Sunday Star in a recent telephone interview.