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
If you liked the headline"An exhibition entitled "Licence to offend" is cancelled in case someone might be offended" you will enjoy even more this one:"Exhibition of censored works censored". The parish of Escaldes-Engordany, the second most populated after Andorra la Vieja in the Principality of Andorra, was the first stop of the travelling
I think I've already written about almost every possible cartoon-induced move, but this one is curious and noteworthy because the situation seems like an easy joke. It is common for those who organise or host exhibitions of cartoons to try to "moderate" or filter what is exhibited in order to be on the
The Tamil news magazine Vikatan issued a statement on social media denouncing the blocking of its website by the Indian government following the publication of this illustration on the cover of its magazine Vikatan Plus on 10 February. Chronology of the blockade. The image, by cartoonist Hasif Khan, shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra
The UK-based Sanad Human Rights Organisation has uncovered the case of Mohammed Alhazza Alghamdi, a cartoonist and teacher arrested by the Saudi authorities in February 2018. His arrest was a direct consequence of his cartoons for Lusail, a Qatari newspaper, despite having stopped contributing shortly before his arrest. I have not yet been
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