Articles by Cartoonists Rights
![Tunisian writer Naziha Rjiba (pictured here in January) has received death threats., Naziha Rjiba/Facebook.](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/om_zied_kennou_jan2013.jpg)
Death threats and attacks on freedom of expression intensify in Tunisia
Death threats, physical attacks, an emergence of hate speech and accusations of official censorship of critical media have escalated the perilous situation for freedom of expression in Tunisia, say over 20 IFEX members.
![13 bloggers, citizen journalists and human rights activists were sentenced to jail in Vietnam, ARTICLE 19](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/vietnam_montage_jan2012.jpg)
IFEX members call for release of 13 Vietnamese activists
Thirty IFEX members protested the sentencing of bloggers, citizen journalists and rights activists, jailed for up to 13 years in the biggest ever trial of pro-democracy activists in Vietnam.
![Cartoon by Doaa Al Adl, Cartoonists Rights Network International](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/doaaeladltoonadamevelectured.jpg)
Egyptian cartoonist sued over drawing deemed anti-Islamic
Khaled El Masry, salafist lawyer and the new Secretary General of the National Centre for Defense and Freedoms in Egypt, sued cartoonist Doaa El Adl for her depiction of Adam and Eve which he deemed insulting to Islam. She has been charged with blasphemy.
![Oussame Boujeile (pictured) and Chaine Bilrish face prison for their political graffiti.](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/osama.jpg)
Fully guarantee media independence in new Tunisian Constitution, says IFEX-TMG
While welcoming moves to implement measures that guarantee media independence, IFEX-TMG calls on the Tunisian government to fully respect free expression in the new Constitution and put an end to attacks on journalists and artists.
![Defamation charges have been dropped against Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra and his neighbor Mr. Subrata Sengupta of West Bengal, CRNI](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/india_mahapatra_sengupta_free_crni.jpg)
Indian authorities drop defamation charges laid for circulating cartoon
Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra and his neighbor Mr. Subrata Sengupta of West Bengal, India, learned that the police has dropped three of the four charges laid against them for emailing a very tame political cartoon to the members of their housing society.
![Tunisian media workers striking outside SNJT, Salma Mahfoudh/IMS](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/snjtstrike_salmamahfoudhims17oct.jpg)
IFEX-TMG calls on Tunisia to guarantee media independence
IFEX-TMG supports media strike in Tunisia on 17 October to protest media appointments and the failure to guarantee media freedom in the draft Constitution.
![Kamel Labidi (centre left) speaks at Tunisia's UPR at the UN in Geneva., IFEX-TMG](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/kamel_ghias_uprtunisiasept2012.jpg)
Tunisia should accept all UN recommendations on free expression, says IFEX-TMG
While welcoming Tunisia’s acceptance of 110 of its 125 recommendations during a UN review last week, the IFEX-TMG calls on the country to implement them without delay and end the criminalisation of defamation.
![This tame collage cartoon about Indian politicians discussing the railway, led to the arrest of two men after it was sent to an e-mail list, CRNI](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ambikeshmahapatratoongoldenfortress2.jpg)
Indian authorities urged to drop charges against two men for circulating cartoon
Over 30 human rights groups worldwide have appealed for charges to be dropped against two men charged with several offences after circulating a harmless cartoon on an internal mailing list.