After the historic relentless persecution and judicial harassment of cartoonist Zunar, the Malaysian government has a new "enemy". It is cartoonist and activist Fahmi Reza. Reza was once again detained for a drawing, this time for 24 hours. Sabah police arrested him for publishing a satirical illustration against the new governor of Sabah
Fahmi Reza (1977) is on his way to becoming Malaysia's most persecuted cartoonist and could take over the title from his colleague Zunarthe Malaysian government has been relentlessly hounding him for years. No exaggeration, read on. Forbidden to leave the country On Friday 22 April, the police called the cartoonist and activist in
Poster announcing the ASEAN Human Rights exhibition Throughout this month, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is hosting a virtual exhibition of human rights cartoons. The free exhibition has been organised by the Malaysian cartoonist Zunar and the non-profit organisation Hujjah Ehson. The exhibition runs from 3 to 31 May and features
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
Zunar is asked to serve three years in prison for this joke. In Malaysia there is a cartoonist who is eternally threatened by the government. His name is Zulkiflee Anwar Alhaque AKA "Zunar". They want to imprison him again for a cartoon in which he criticises a politician. On 25 January, he was
