Articles by Cartoonists Rights
Call to release freedom of expression defenders held incommunicado
Over 80 groups around the world call on the authorities to free human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and writers, some of whom have been detained incommunicado; and request help from UN Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan.
IFEX-TMG calls for seven-year sentences to be overturned
Ahead of a court of appeal hearing on 28 May, IFEX-TMG urges judiciary to quash the seven-year prison terms handed down to Ghazi Ben Mohamed Beji and Jaber Ben Abdallah Majri for online publishing.
One hundred organisations call to end assault on freedom of speech, and to free all detained human rights defenders and netizens
UPDATE: The president of IFEX member Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR), Nabeel Rajab, was re-arrested and sentenced to three years in prison on 16 August. Many other human rights defenders remain in prison, including BCHR’s founder Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, and his daughter, Zainab Al-Khawaja.
CRNI announces winners of 2012 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award
The winners are Ali Ferzat from Syria and Aseem Trivedi from India.
CRNI pays tribute to editorial cartoonists on World Press Freedom Day
One of the most troubling trends today in many countries is the use of technological advancements to imprison for long terms not only cartoonists, but also non-media individuals who do nothing more than post a cartoon on a blog or Facebook page, says CRNI.
Regional cartoonists at IFEX-TMG workshop in Tunisia express “hope and resolve”
“This workshop has demonstrated clearly that in Tunisia editorial cartoonists will be on the cutting edge of free speech,” said CRNI Executive Director Robert Russell.
Twenty-seven IFEX members call for investigation into brutal attacks on journalists
Twenty-seven IFEX members appeal for end to impunity in recent brutal attacks on journalists in Kazakhstan, including near-fatal attack on Luqpan Akhmedyarov in April.
Fifty IFEX members and partners call for freedom for Bahraini human rights defenders, bloggers and activists
In advance of the Formula 1, 50 IFEX members and partners call for detained activists and human rights defenders to be freed, including blogger and activist Abduljalil Al-Singace and human rights activist Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja, founder of IFEX member the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, who is ailing in prison since starting a hunger strike on 8 February.