Articles by Cartoonists Rights
Forty IFEX members protest attacks on free expression
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed the following statement, calling on the Bahraini authorities to address recent attacks on free expression in that country.
Forty IFEX members appeal for diplomatic support in detained journalists’ case
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to a letter calling on the international community to press for the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
Thirty-seven IFEX members express concern about deterioration of free expression
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty-seven IFEX members signed on to a statement calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to address the deterioration in press freedom.
Cartoonist receives death threats, faces possible legal action over controversial cartoon
(CRNI/IFEX) – The following is a CRNI press release: CRNI learned on September 16 that South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro (aka: Zapiro) is once again under a legal threat from ANC presidential candidate Jacob Zuma. Further, threats are being made on his life by angry supports from the ANC party. A cartoon that ran in […]
Palestinian cartoonist awarded CRNI’s 2008 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award
(CRNI/IFEX) – The following is a CRNI press release: CRNI announces annual award winner June 19, 2008, Burke, Virginia – Today, Cartoonists Rights Network International announced the winner of its 2008 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award: Bahaa Boukhari, a Palestinian. CRNI, the only international organization devoted to defending the human rights of cartoonists imperiled because […]
Controversial cartoonist detained for two days, may face charges and risk of mob violence
(CRNI/IFEX) – Dutch police arrested a cartoonist whose pen name is Gregorius Nekschot. He was released after two days’ detention, on14 May 2008, but may face charges based on a 2005 hate speech complaint filed by Abdul Jabbar van de Ven. Nekschot’s cartoons, overtly anti-authoritarian and anti-religious, are self-published on the Internet and featured in […]
Arrests foil plot to assassinate creator of controversial cartoon
(CRN/IFEX) – The following is a 12 February 2008 CRN press release: Aarhus arrests foil plot to assassinate Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard Danish police announced the early morning arrest of three people involved in a “terror-related assassination” plot targeting one of 12 Danish cartoonists who became notorious in September 2005. The BBC reports today that […]
Charges brought against two cartoonists may signal increasing censorship, fears CRN
(CRN/IFEX) – Further to the International Press Institute’s 24 January 2008 report that two political cartoonists – “Cumhurryet” cartoonists – were under investigation for unflattering cartoons about the President, CRN has confirmed that the two are being charged with violating criminal code article 299, which prohibits defaming the President of the Republic, currently Abdul Gul. […]