The King's Speech

The King's Speech

Translation cartoon: "As is tradition, once again this year, I will say nothing.The media will make pompous interpretations.And the Spanish will make memes". The King's speech. Cartoon of 24/12/16 in CTXT Anticipating the content of this guy's speech doesn't have much merit, I just missed the beard. I admit I don't follow much ... Leer más

Cumhuriyet, the shame counter

Cumhuriyet, the shame counter

Cartoonist Musa Kart, along with nine of his colleagues from the Turkish daily Cumhuriyet, is 43 days in prison today. Photograph and names of the 10 imprisoned Since the fourth day of the journalists' detention, the newspaper has published on its masthead a counter of the number of days they have been in ... Leer más

Facebook removes a cartoon about paedophile priests by Paraguayan cartoonist "Melki"

Facebook removes a cartoon about paedophile priests by Paraguayan cartoonist "Melki"

Facebook decided to remove this cartoon by Paraguayan cartoonist Melquiades Melgarejo, "Melki", alluding to the cases of paedophile priests. Melki said in an interview to 970 AM (Audio .mp3) that, after the censorship, cartoonist Nicodemus Espinoza also received the same "punishment" for re-uploading the cartoon, but says the reaction was positive as cartoonists ... Leer más

The Erdogan dictatorship

The Erdogan dictatorship

Although it is not a topic that is high on the media's "news" agenda here, the Erdogan government's machinery of repression is still in full swing in Turkey. During the so-called "great purge" at least 130 journalists have been arrested and some 150 media outlets have been closed down in recent months. Today ... Leer más

Erdogan and freedoms

Erdogan and freedoms

Erdogan and freedoms. The cartoon of Sunday 07/10/16 on CTXT For Erdogan, freedoms are a dead letter. And press freedom is no exception. After wiping out a lot of newspapers, closing radio stations and TV channels, he is continuing with the big purge in which at least 130 journalists have been arrested after ... Leer más