Posted by Afef Abrougui on May 22, 2012 in Afef Abrougui, cartoons, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, free expression, Ghazi Beji, Jabeur Mejri, Middle East and North Africa, RSS Syndicated Posts, tunisia
On 28 May Monatir Appeal Court is expected to issue a verdict in the case of two atheist friends Jabeur Mejri and Ghazi Beji. In March a primary court sentenced the two to a seven-and-a-half year jail term over the publishing of prophet Mohammedd car…
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Posted by Afef Abrougui on May 21, 2012 in Afef Abrougui, Art, cartoons, Dawn Smith, Dawn Smith Brighton Michigan, Middle East and North Africa, RSS Syndicated Posts, tunisia
Dictators do not like to be ridiculed. They fear bold political cartoonists. Ousted Tunisian President Zeine el-Abidin Ben Ali made sure that the few artworks of political cartoonists who dared to criticise his regime would not reach the masses. He did…
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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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