Iván Duque's Colombia

Iván Duque's Colombia

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

Sixth year of gag law

Sixth year of gag law

Cartoon of 28/03/2021 in CTXT The Organic Law 4/2015, passed on 30 March, on the protection of citizen security and popularly known as "gag law", came into force on 1 July 2015 under the government of Mariano Rajoy During its first years of life, there

Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed dies in prison

Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed dies in prison

Mushtaq Ahmed. Photo: Lipa Akhter. Source CPJ The 53-year-old Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed died yesterday in prison of unknown causes. Ahmed was arrested in 2020 on charges of spreading rumors and/or false news about covid-19 on social media. On May 6, 2020, the RAB, Rapid

A month without news of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Hamdi

A month without news of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Hamdi

A month without news of Ashraf Hamdi. This Egyptian cartoonist and animator was arrested on 24 January. His crime: publishing an animation. The video pays tribute to the 2011 uprising on the tenth anniversary of the first mass demonstrations that toppled Hosni Mubarak. On his