"Welcome to Queensland - the 'state of censorship' - where a simple sentence can get you up to two years in jail". This was the statement made by illustrator James Hillier, known as Nordacious, after police ordered him to remove some of his political cartoons because they now break the law after the ... Read more
This week it emerged that a well-known cartoonist in Eritrea has been released after spending 15 years in detention without charge. Cartoonist Biniam Solomon, who signs "Cobra" and is now in his 60s, was arrested in 2011 in Asmara, the country's capital, but was never prosecuted and both the reasons for his arrest ... Read more
Translation of the cartoon: "Attention, just censored" The year now gone has been a particularly difficult one for graphic humour globally, with cases ranging from editorial censorship and dismissals in traditional media to arrests and prosecutions on religious or political grounds. Although the themes motivating the conflicts remain much the same as in ... Read more
A Turkish court ordered the release under judicial supervision of Doğan Pehlevan, a satirical cartoonist for LeMan magazine. He is the sole defendant in the investigation into his alleged depiction of Muhammad and Moses in a cartoon. However, according to the daily Cumhuriyet, Pehlevan will not be released because he is still accused ... Read more
The cascade of hot reactions following the murder of Charlie Kirk provoked many confrontations and the usual debates, many of them as generic and hasty as they are simplistic, about right and wrong, freedom of expression and the freedom to express one's emotions as one sees fit, but we'll leave the usual tiresome ... Read more
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