On Monday 22 July, Egyptian cartoonist and translator Ashraf Omar was forcibly removed from his Cairo home by plainclothesmen, reports Cartooning for Peace and Cartoonists Rights, citing a report in Al-Manassa. Nada Mougheeth, his wife, who was not at home, was able to see through the security cameras how he was taken out
10 years after the enforced disappearance of journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda Video by Amnesty International. The voice is that of Prageeth Eknaligoda's wife Sandya, recalling the day he disappeared. Journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda left his work in Colombo on the night of 24 January 2010, saying he was going to meet
Remembering Prageeth Eknaligoda Rally in front of the Sri Lankan President's house, 5 January 2015. Photo: Maatram. Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) There are new developments in the abduction, and now more than likely murder, of cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda in 2009. The investigation by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
Click to enlarge photo On my way back home under one of those suns that turn the brain into a chickpea stew, I had to stop to replenish liquids and on this can machine I found again the photo of Elise, a face that seems very familiar to me because I've been seeing
