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Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar was allegedly subjected to torture for long periods of time after being forcibly removed from his home without his whereabouts being revealed to his lawyers. According to The New Arab, during an appearance, held on 4 August by video conference, Omar's defence team demanded that their client be legally
This is an automatic scheduled summer post. Comments may remain in moderation. Although you may believe that this is an exceptional situation (it is only exceptional because of the inordinate number of years without a pay rise), I can assure you that it is a relatively common occurrence. The media tends to forget
Drawings for Palestine is an action organised by cartoonist and artist Yeyei Gómez, Madrid, 1993,(Web, Twitter), with the collaboration of CIRAT, the Anselmo Lorenzo Foundation, theFundación Anselmo Lorenzo, the gallery Mujer Rayo, the Red de espacios TEJA and Arrre Estudio with the intention of raising funds for the victims of the genocide. 48
On Monday 22 July, Egyptian cartoonist and translator Ashraf Omar was forcibly removed from his Cairo home by plainclothesmen, reports Cartooning for Peace and Cartoonists Rights, citing a report in Al-Manassa. Nada Mougheeth, his wife, who was not at home, was able to see through the security cameras how he was taken out
Under this statement, the organisation Cartooning for Peace publishes a plea for help from Safaa Odah(Twitter/ Instagram) which I translate and reproduce: Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah writes to us from the Gaza Strip to ask for our help. Displaced several times by the war with her sister, she lives in a tent"in a
