BREAKING: Zehra Ömeroğlu’s legal troubles are not over yet
June’s celebrations were premature; Turkish prosecutors are determined to pursue cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu and overturn her acquittal.
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Atena Farghadani freed after acquittal, reduced sentence & time served
CARTOONISTS RIGHTS welcomes the news that activist, cartoonist, and visual artist Atena Farghadani...
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Police brutality alleged following Atena Farghadani arrest
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.
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Atena Farghadani awaits verdict from Iranian court
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.
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