This week it emerged that a well-known cartoonist in Eritrea has been released after spending 15 years in detention without charge. Cartoonist Biniam Solomon, who signs "Cobra" and is now in his 60s, was arrested in 2011 in Asmara, the country's capital, but was never prosecuted and both the reasons for his arrest ... Leer más
Democracy USA style. Cartoon of 09/01/2026 in CTXT The case of the murder of Renee Good, shot in Minneapolis by an agent of Trump's infamous ICE terror squad, is just confirmation that it was only a matter of time before the government started executing its citizens to impose its new "order". This should ... Leer más
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, ... Leer más
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 ... Leer más
Iván Duque's Colombia. Cartoon of 08/04/2021 in CTXT Iván Duque had to rectify and withdraw the law bill that contemplated tax increases on electricity, gasoline, gas and water or funeral services, among other things, but the mobilisations continued, as did the government's violent response to the protests. The tax reform was just another ... Leer más
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