Mohammed Alhazza Alghamdi, known as Al Hazza, is a Saudi cartoonist who was arrested in February 2018 by the Saudi authorities and accused of creating “offensive cartoons” for the Qatari media outlet Lusail, during the protracted diplomatic crisis between Qatar and Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain, which began in ... Read more
Cartoon by Michael Kichka. Translation: Moses says: ‘Don’t they teach this commandment in the yeshivas?’ The sign reads: ‘Thou shalt not destroy cartoons by Michel Kichka’ An exhibition of political cartoons on the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from military service was vandalised on Monday, ahead of the opening of the Animix International Animation, ... Read more
Daniel "Des" Sánchez Estrada is a tattoo artist who has been wrongfully sentenced to 30 years in prison in the United States for transporting a box of anarchist fanzines in his car. “Des” is currently in prison because the Trump administration claims that printing, reading or possessing certain literature constitutes evidence of a ... Read more
A judge in Valladolid has condemned the satirical magazine El Jueves for violating the right to honour of Polonia Castellanos and the foundation she presides, Abogados Cristianos. According to the ruling, the magazine must compensate the organisation with 2,000 euros and its president with 4,000 euros for calling the members of this group ... Read more
From left to right: Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel laureate in economics; Jimmy "Spire" Ssentongo; Patrick Chappatte, president of the Foundation; Marie Heuzé, co-chair of the Foundation, holding a self-portrait of Safaa Odah, co-prizewinner who remains blocked in Gaza and was unable to attend the event; and Ken Roth, former director of Human Rights Watch ... Read more
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