Malaysia, no country for jokes The cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque, known as "Zunar", continues to face repression by the Malaysian government. The authorities are not amused by his cartoons and are determined to imprison him for them. Cartoonist has again been summoned under investigation for this cartoon published on 23 January on his
Cartoonist Öznur Kalender is being judged for this cartoon Turkish authorities are responsible for 90% of cases of violations of freedom of expression in art The report freemuse report on the State of Artistic Freedom 2021 in Turkey highlights that the actions of the authorities are a major obstacle to the exercise of
The NGO Human Resources Without Borders and the International Labor Organization (ILO) are organizing a graphic humor contest against forced labor and in one of the points of his rules you can read in spanish: "Los dibujos no deberían señalar a un país o una empresa determinada". Although the conditional mode is
Cartoonist Nime (also arrested in November 2019) in solidarity with Kechida Twenty-five-year-old Algerian Walid Kechida has been sentenced to three years in prison and a fine of 500,000 dinars (about 3,000 euros) for publishing memes satirizing the state and religion, according to the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees (CNLD). The general
Satire and criticism are part of the right to freedom of expression Batrachian emblem monikered by Contreras To many, this statement may seem like a truism at this point, but there seems to be no way to get it through the heads of some would-be dictators in your neighbourhood. The phrase can be
