Articles by Cartoonists Rights
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Turkish cartoonists found guilty of “insulting” Erdogan in cartoon about press freedom
The cartoon in question depicted the president meeting two officials outside his newly completed presidential palace, saying: “What a bland celebration. We could have at least sacrificed a journalist.”
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Swaziland doesn’t want you to care about these government critics. Here’s why you should.
They don’t write for The New York Times or The Daily Mail. And the Swazi government is counting on just that to keep Bheki Makhubu and Thulani Maseko in jail for criticizing the judiciary.
![In this 25 June 2010 photo in Kuala Lumpur, Zunar holds a copy of the comic book that was then banned by the Malaysian Home Ministry, Ap/Lai Seng Sin](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/malaysia_zunar_cartoon_ap.jpg)
Police raid Malaysian cartoonist’s office, confiscate books
While Malaysian cartoonist Zunar was out of the country, police questioned his and confiscated 155 copies of two of his books. Zunar tweeted that the police action was made under the Printing Presses and Publication Act and the Sedition Act.
![Nabeel Rajab is one of many Bahrainis who have been victimized by the government's intensified campaign to silence dissent through judicial harassment and the improper use of judicial and police powers, Nabeel Rajab / Facebook](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/nabeelrajabprotest.jpg)
NGOs call on Bahraini government to drop Twitter charges against Nabeel Rajab
The international community’s response to the current charges leveled against prominent activist Nabeel Rajab has been monumental in denouncing the Criminal Investigations Department and the Bahraini government for their actions.
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Malaysian cartoonist Zunar battling new sedition charge
The Malaysian government has expanded its efforts to silence Kuala Lumpur-based cartoonist Zunar, also going after his webmaster, assistants and online customers.
![Political cartoonist Zunar poses with some of his artwork at the IFEX General Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, June 2013, @Jason Tanner/Erika Pineros](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/malaysia_zunar_ifexgm_jasontanner_erikapineros.jpg)
Malaysian political cartoonist harassed anew; Turkish cartoonist exonerated
One month after winning an appeal against government censorship of two of his cartoon collections, Malaysian political cartoonist Zunar finds his work being banned and confiscated anew.
![A man shows a cartoon by cartoonist Rayma Suprani, as he holds a newspaper in Caracas September 18, 2014, REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/venezuela_rayma_fired_reuters.jpg)
Venezuelan cartoonist fired over political cartoon
After 19 years working for El Universal, cartoonist Rayma Suprani was fired over her cartoon critical of the national health system, following recent changes in the paper’s ownership and editorial line.
![The groundbreaking comic THE 99 has sought to give the Muslim community its own superheroes, Facebook/ Naif Al-Mutawa](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/the99_comic_2.jpg)
ISIS militants call for death of Kuwaiti cartoonist
A death sentence has been pronounced via Twitter for Kuwaiti-born comic-book innovator Naif Al-Mutawa by the jihadist militant group ISIS (also known as ISIL).