The French cartoonist Xavier Gorce (1962) announced he was quitting Le Monde after the newspaper apologised for a cartoon about a sexual abuse scandal. In her apology to readers, Le Monde editor-in-chief Caroline Monnot said the cartoon should not have been published. The author said blunt on his decision: "I announce that I
International Children's Day will be celebrated on 20 November, but hundreds of millions of children have nothing to celebrate. So begins the call from Cartoons For Change cartoonists and illustrators from all over the world to take part in a joint protest action. It is absolutely unacceptable, cruel and illegal that 72 years
The British Morning Star newspaper apologises and withdraws a cartoon by Stella Perrettabout transgender people. The left-wing newspaper removed the cartoon from its online edition and apologised for its publication, also in print. Some readers complained online that the joke dehumanised trans people, depicting them as predators. The Morning Star's various criticisms of
The French army is deeply outraged by Charlie Hebdo cartoons about soldiers killed in Mali. The satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published a series of cartoons parodying the French army's recruitment campaign described as follows: "After the death of 13 soldiers in a helicopter crash in Mali, the army decided to change its recruitment
