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Iranian cartoonist Nik Kowsar has lived in exile since 2003 when he fled the country after receiving a death threat, Twitter/Nik Kowsar

Iran issues prison sentence to cartoonist in absentia

Cartoonist and board member at Cartoonists Rights Network International Nik Kowsar has been sentenced in absentia to four years in prison by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Court.

Protesters are detained by district authorities as they demonstrate in support of land rights activist Tep Vanny during her verdict in front of the Phnom Penh Municipal Court in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 23 February 2017, REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Cambodia failing to protect human rights defenders ahead of elections

78 civil society groups condemn the crackdown on dissent in the lead up to elections in Cambodia and call on the government to cease their unlawful attacks on human rights defenders.

Detained on Manus Island (from left): Behrouz Boochani, Eaten Fish and Mehdi Savari, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance

Australia: Free expression detained?

25 IFEX members question Australia’s detention of dissident journalists, cartoonists and actors at Manus Island.

A man walks past a tribute to a slain police officer not far from the old offices of the satirical "Charlie Hebdo" magazine in Paris, France, 5 January 2017 , REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen

Two years after Charlie, a tribute to persecuted cartoonists

On the second anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack at “Charlie Hebdo” magazine’s office, a joint statement remembers lost colleagues and recognises the plight of those cartoonists who are living in exile, in prison or under threat.

Zunar, wearing a prison outfit and plastic handcuffs, poses for photographers prior to launching his book in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 14 February 2015 , AP Photo/Joshua Paul

Asia Pacific October round-up: Travel bans, award winners, and impunity in Afghanistan

October: Authorities use immigration rules to ban journalists and activists in Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand; free expression advocates from Bangladesh and Malaysia win awards.

Asylum seekers look through a fence at the Manus Island detention centre in Papua New Guinea, 21 March 2014, AAP/Eoin Blackwell/via REUTERS (Faces pixellated at source)

Refugees, migrants and minorities: Asia Pacific September round-up

Award recognizes Iranian cartoonist held by Australia, surveillance in Thailand takes a most scary turn and a report on transgender women in Cambodia reveals shocking statistics.

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, September 22, 2016., REUTERS/Chris Watte

Canada must prioritise free expression rights in relationship with China

IFEX members call on Prime Minister Trudeau to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of the Canada-China relationship.

Bahrain must end reprisals and harassment of human rights defender Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman

IFEX members call on the Government of Bahrain to stop the and judicial harassment and reprisals against Sheikh Maytham Al-Salman.