Türkiye: censors find cartoon criminally “obscene”
Cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu is at risk of imprisonment after a cartoon published in LeMan magazine in 2020 was found obscene by a board of censors in Türkiye.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Mar 14, 2024 | News
Cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu is at risk of imprisonment after a cartoon published in LeMan magazine in 2020 was found obscene by a board of censors in Türkiye.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Dec 22, 2023 | News
Effective immediately CARTOONISTS RIGHTS will cease posting to Twitter/X, citing mismanagement, disfunction, and increased hatred on the social media platform.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Dec 18, 2023 | News
Atena Farghadani faces the prospect of criminalisation for the second time in the Islamic Republic of Iran, having stood trial in recent days on charges of insulting the Supreme Leader, Intelligence Ministry officials, and the Minister of Intelligence with a cartoon.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Nov 7, 2023 | News
Cartoonists Rights and Cartooning for Peace present their joint report on threatened cartoonists – Cartoonists on the Line.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Oct 20, 2023 | News
CARTOONISTS RIGHTS are pleased to announce a new report on the situation of cartoonists facing threats to their freedom of expression around the world, written jointly with colleagues at Cartooning for Peace, and supported by our partners the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Aug 10, 2023 | News
Interventions from politicians and their allies result in pressure applied to popular cartoonists in Italy, Portugal, and South Africa.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Jul 14, 2023 | News
Following her sudden and unexplained arrest in June, three weeks of harsh detention, and ultimately hospitalization, a video of cartoonist and visual artist Atena Farghadani was aired via Iran International television describing the events she alleges occurred while held at Qarchak Prison outside Tehran.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Jul 4, 2023 | News
CARTOONISTS RIGHTS defends the human rights of cartoonists under threat. We want to empower cartoonists to tell their stories.
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Jun 12, 2023 | News
Following widespread press reports of the arrest and detention of Iranian artist, activist and...
Read MorePosted by Terry Anderson | Jun 5, 2023 | Awards, News
The Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2023 is presented by CARTOONISTS RIGHTS to Abecor of Bolivia, following online threats of violence.
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