Zunar, the cartoonist eternally persecuted by the Malaysian Government

Zunar, the cartoonist eternally persecuted by the Malaysian Government

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

Three years in prison for publishing memes satirizing the state and religion

Three years in prison for publishing memes satirizing the state and religion

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

Indian cartoonist arrested on charges of publishing insulting and "obscene" cartoon

Indian cartoonist arrested on charges of publishing insulting and "obscene" cartoon

Image that led to the arrest of the cartoonist "Varma". The Indian cartoonist S. Surendra Kumarwho signs his name as Varma, was arrested on Monday 18 May for this published cartoon, and for a copyright claim (?) withdrawn for a copyright claim (?), on his Twitter account on Saturday 16 May. The arrest

Humour in troubles, a collection of cases (III)

Humor en apuros

194 cases Third part of this compilation that I started in 2014. It is a list with summaries of cases grouped by different periods. It has been chopped up because, even when summarising a lot, they were too long and became uncomfortable to read and also made it difficult to load the page.