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"Cumhuriyet" daily's cartoonist Musa Kart (C) stands with colleagues at a demonstration calling for the freedom of all jailed journalists at a courthouse in Istanbul, Turkey, 15 March 2018, OZAN KOSE/AFP/Getty Images

World Press Freedom Day should bring freedom for Musa Kart and his Cumhuriyet colleagues

IFEX members join the Cartoonist Rights Network International in calling for freedom for Musa Kart, recently reimprisoned with 5 colleagues from Turkish dailey Cumhuriyet.

Campaigners for cartoonist Ali Dorani (Mr. Eaten Fish) demand he be allowed into Australia for medical care during a protest in Melbourne, Australia, 18 February 2017,  Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

After four years of detention on Manus Island refugee camp, cartoonist Eaten Fish is now free

Cartoonist Ali Durani, better known as Eaten Fish, has arrived in a safe haven country.

Zimbabweans celebrate after President Robert Mugabe resigns in Harare, Zimbabwe, 21 November 2017, REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Silencing ‘secrets’ in Guinea, information vs HIV, #FreeMartha and goodbye Mugabe: November in Africa

Major strides towards fighting impunity in The Gambia, US journalist Martha O’Donovan charged with subversion in Zimbabwe as Mugabe resigns, Guinea’s clampdown on free expression, and more in our November roundup of free expression issues in Africa.

26 year old Pakistani journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was kidnapped off the streets of Lahore in August 2015. , Facebook

The Pakistani government must release Zeenat Shahzadi from custody

Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.

A woman sells airtime for mobile phones in Zimbabwe, Kay McGowan, USAID/Creative Commons license: http://bit.ly/RaejCi

Peace through pluralism, a ‘Minister of WhatsApp,’ and Tanzania’s big panic: October in Africa

Alice Nderitu, Zimbabwe’s clampdown on social media, newspaper shutdowns in Tanzania, Cameroon journalists released and more in our October round-up of news from Africa.

Ghana President elect Nana Akufo-Addo, of the New Patriotic Party, smiles on being declared the winner of the presidential election in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016., Sunday Alamba / AP

Urgent Call on the Advancement of Citizens’ Access to Information in Ghana

34 NGOs call on the government of Ghana to ensure its citizens’ right to access to information.

Image taken from Zunar's website https://www.zunar.my/news/sapuman-cartoon-book-banned-statement-by-zunar-eng-bm/

Malaysia bans new book by cartoonist Zunar

Zunar’s latest collection of cartoons Sapuman: Man of Steal has been banned by the Malaysian government.

The UN-HRC chamber, Geneva, Switzerland., Getty Images

HRC 36: Secure digital communications are essential for human rights

A joint statement by the Association of Progressive Communications, IFEX and 64 co-signatories at the UN-HRC 36 warns of the threat to human rights posed by recent attacks on the right to use encryption technology, in Turkey and across the globe.