Cartoonists Rights

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.”

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.

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.

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.

The Malaysian government has expanded its efforts to silence Kuala Lumpur-based cartoonist Zunar, also going after his webmaster, assistants and online customers.

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.

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.

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).