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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UPDATED: cartoonists’ & free speech orgs in support of LeMan magazine
Cartoonists’ & free speech organisations speak out against the allegations and misinformation surrounding LeMan humor magazine, Türkiye.
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UPDATED: statement following arrests of LeMan magazine staff
CARTOONISTS RIGHTS and allies condemn the violence and arrests targeting the opposition satirical magazine LeMan in Istanbul.
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UPDATED: ROBERT RUSSELL COURAGE IN CARTOONING AWARD 2025 – ZEHRA ÖMEROĞLU
Following the publication of a cartoon in Turkish humor magazine LeMan in 2020, Zehra Ömeroğlu has been the subject of an ongoing criminal prosecution on the grounds of “obscenity”; she receives this year’s Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award.
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UPDATED: Free expression organizations speak for Zehra Ömeroğlu
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.
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