Nicaraguan cartoonist Pedro X. Molina(Tw) sends a text in which he expresses his opinion on the political situation in his country. Nicaragua is today experiencing its fifth day of anti-government protests. The protests began on Wednesday 18 April against reforms to the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute (INNS) that raised contributions and spread to
Although it is not a topic that is high on the media's "news" agenda here, the Erdogan government's machinery of repression is still in full swing in Turkey. During the so-called "great purge" at least 130 journalists have been arrested and some 150 media outlets have been closed down in recent months. Today
Iranian cartoonist to receive 25 lashes for this drawing Mahmoud Shokraiyeh has been sentenced to 25 lashes for drawing a picture of a member of parliament wearing a football shirt and holding a congratulatory diploma in one hand. This was decided by the Provincial Press Court, presided over by Judge Edalatkhah, who handed
