Algerian cartoonist "Nime" to spend three months in jail over cartoons (released)

Algerian cartoonist "Nime" to spend three months in jail over cartoons (released)

One of the illustrations that led to Nime's imprisonment Cartoonist Benabdelhamid Amine, "Nime" (Twitter - Blog ), was found guilty today and will spend at least three months in prison. He was on trial for his satirical illustrations, for "insulting" Algerian politicians and the Algerian military. The conviction is based on article 96

Cartoonist arrested for satirizing Algerian politicians and military

Detienen a un dibujante por satirizar a políticos y militares argelinos

"Until the end". Politicians and military represented by Nime as "the band of the Titanic" that keeps on playing, oblivious to the repression in Algeria. The painter, sculptor and cartoonist, Benabdelhamid Aminebetter known as "Nime", was arrested on Tuesday 26 November by plainclothes Algerian police officers who entered the offices of his advertising

Johannes Leak "inherits" his father's job at The Australian newspaper

Johannes Leak "inherits" his father's job at The Australian newspaper

Johannes Leak will publish daily in The Australian "inheriting" the position left by his father, Bill Leak, following his death in 2017 at the age of 61. The newspaper announced (Text on paywall) in early November published this cartoon in which Bill Leaks hands his son his clown shoes, warning him: "You'll grow

Jammu and Kashmir, cartoonists under blockade

Jammu and Kashmir, cartoonists under blockade

On 5 August, India blocked The Wire, again, blocked the internet and telephony, ordered tourists to leave Kashmir and made a massive deployment of soldiers. Yet another move to abolish its independence that the government cynically sold as a measure against terrorism and to"ensure peace and tranquillity". India has thus divided the state

Cartoon exhibition at Porto Alegre City Hall censored

Cartoon exhibition at Porto Alegre City Hall censored

Poster of the graphic humour exhibition at the Porto Alegre City Hall that has been censored One day after the inauguration of the graphic humour exhibition "Laughter is risk: independence in danger", installed at the entrance of the plenary hall of the Porto Alegre City Hall (Brazil), it was closed and all the