Members of Cartooning for Peace calling for Ashraf Omar ’s release in Paris. Photo: © Jérôme TRIPIER-MONDANCIN Dragging out legal proceedings is one of the various forms of repression used to prolong unilateral detentions; this is what is happening to the Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar. He has now been in prison for almost ... Read more
A criminal court in Cairo convened on Monday at Badr Prison and adjourned the trial of Ashram Omar, a cartoonist for the online publication Al Manassa, until 12 October 2026, according to a Facebook post by his lawyer, Khaled Ali. The Egyptian cartoonist has now been behind bars for almost two years and, ... Read more
Translation. Top text:"Reduction of electricity loads" (or "Scheduled power cuts"). On the train sign: "Monorail". This is a criticism of the country's energy situation with continuous power cuts and infrastructure priorities in Egypt. Alan Gardner reports in The Daily Cartoonist. Cartoonist Ashraf Omar will be tried in an Egyptian court from 10 May. ... Read more
Ashraf Omar, the cartoonist who worked for the daily Al Manassa, remains imprisoned. He has been in pre-trial detention for more than a year on various charges. On 21 July 2024, Egyptian cartoonist and translator Ashraf Omar was violently taken from his home in Cairo by men in civilian clothes who blindfolded him, ... Read more
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