Posted by Afef Abrougui on May 28, 2012 in Afef Abrougui, art censorship, artist attacked, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, free expression, Middle East and North Africa, Rajab Magri, RSS Syndicated Posts, tunisia
On 24 May, artist and dramatist Rjab Magri was assaulted by four people in El Kef (North West of Tunisia). The assaults occurred few meters outside the prep school where Magri was teaching a drama class. The attackers are believed to be hardline Isla…
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Posted by Alice Purkiss on Apr 12, 2012 in art censorship, Asia and Pacific, cartoons, Censorship, free expression, Malaysia, RSS Syndicated Posts, Zunar
The case of a political cartoonist who was arrested and detained in 2010, and took the government to court as a result, continued last week. Malaysian cartoonist Zulkiflee Awar Ulhaque, known as Zunar, lodged his complaint of unlawful detention agains…
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