Articles by Cartoonists Rights
![Moroccan editor Ali Anouzla was arrested on 17 September 2013, lakome.com](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/alianouzlamorocco.jpg)
Morocco urged to release editor arrested for reporting on Al-Qaeda video
Over 60 organisations signed a joint appeal to Moroccan authorities to free editor Ali Anouzla, jailed on 17 September for posting a link to an Al-Qaeda video on his news website alongside an article critical of the video.
![A protester carries portraits of Edward Snowden during a demonstration against secret monitoring programmes and showing solidarity with whistleblowers Edward Snowden and others in Berlin on 27 July 2013, REUTERS/Pawel Kopczynski](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/unitedstates_snowden_demo_reuters_july2013.jpg)
Over 150 groups urge President Obama to protect whistleblowers and journalists
Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.
![Syrian artist Youssef Abdelke stands in front of one of his works at his atelier in Damascus, 23 September 2010, REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/syria_cartoonist_youssef_abdelke_reuters.jpg)
Revered cartoonist arrested in Syria
Detained Syrian cartoonist Youssef Abdelke was one of the original 100 signatories of a document called “Principles of the Revolution”, calling for the removal of Assad and his senior ministers along with the establishment of an interim government under UN supervision.
![Opposition members protest during the vote on the Communications Act in Ecuador's National Assembly on 14 June 2013., Cortesía www.ecuavisa.com](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/ecuador_medialaw_free_cortesia.png)
Groups call for review of Ecuador’s restrictive communications law
Over 30 IFEX members write to President Rafael Correa, calling on him to submit the recently-approved Ecuadorian Communications Law to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for a Consultative Opinion.
![Somalia's Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon Saaid (L) and President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (R) at an event in Mogadishu July 2013., REUTERS/Feisal Omar](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/somaliapmandpresidentreutersjuly2013.jpg)
35 IFEX members call for amendments to Somalia’s draft media law
IFEX members issued a joint call for amendments to a deeply-flawed draft media law in Somalia before it goes to parliament for approval in August.
![Link to: Rights organisations call on National Assembly to amend Tunisia’s draft constitution](https://ifex.org/wp-content/themes/ifex/assets/images/placeholder.png)
Rights organisations call on National Assembly to amend Tunisia’s draft constitution
Eighteen human rights organisations came together to support an open letter addressed by the Civil Coalition for the Defence of Freedom of Expression to the Chairman and members of the National Constituent Assembly in Tunisia, as they prepare to discuss the final draft of the constitution.
![Link to: Concern over Philippines police chief’s treatment of journalist](https://ifex.org/wp-content/themes/ifex/assets/images/placeholder.png)
Concern over Philippines police chief’s treatment of journalist
IFEX members called on Philippines authorities to reprimand a local police chief who arrested a radio broadcaster without a warrant after he talked about police incompetence on the air.
![Ayşe Berktay in Bakırköy Women’s Prison. , Ali Berktay/PEN American Center](https://ifex.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/woman_cropped.jpg)
IFEX members call for Turkish translator, women’s rights activist to be freed
Two dozen IFEX members call on Turkey to free prominent translator and women’s rights activist Ayşe Berktay, winner of the 2013 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.