Month: April 2024

Police brutality alleged following Atena Farghadani arrest

Posted by Terry Anderson | Apr 22, 2024 | News

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS and four other leading free expression organizations – Artists at Risk Connection (ARC), PEN America, Cartooning for Peace, and Freedom Cartoonists – voice their gravest concerns over cartoonist Atena Farghadani, arrested in Tehran mid-April 2024 and allegedly beaten by IRGC personnel.

Free expression organizations speak for Zehra Ömeroğlu

Posted by Terry Anderson | Apr 11, 2024 | News

Today four organizations concerned with the safety and free expression of press cartoonists – Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights, Freedom Cartoonists, and Freemuse – make a joint statement on behalf of Zehra Ömeroğlu, recently found criminally liable for “obscenity” over a cartoon that appeared in Turkish humour magazine LeMan in 2020.

Month: April 2024

Police brutality alleged following Atena Farghadani arrest

Free expression organizations speak for Zehra Ömeroğlu

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