Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat was honored last year with the 2011 Sakharov Prize but could not receive it in person as he was recovering from being badly beaten by Syrian thugs trying to silence his cartooning. He was finally able to receive the award yesterday during the Sakharov Prize Network evening debates where Ali also […]
Times of India is reporting that the Indian state government has decided to drop charges of sedition against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi. “The advocate general (AG), in his advice to the state government, has written that sedition charges slapped on the cartoonist should be dropped. Accordingly, the police have been instructed to make the changes in […]
An Afghan cleric has offered $300,000 for anyone who kills the producer of the anti-Islam film, “Innocence of Muslims,? that has angerd the Muslim word and another $100,000 to the person who kills the French cartoonist who drew caricatures of the prophet Mohammed that recently appeared in the French magazine Charlie Hebdo. I have yet […]
Citing they have a legal right to free speech, the French magazine “Charlie Hebdo” published a new round of cartoons depicting the Muslim prophet Mohammed after a week of deadly protests by Muslims offended at a 14 minute film that mocks their prophet. The French government has had to shut down schools, embassies and send […]
I’m playing a bit of catchup on the news surrounding Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi who was arrested for sedition for cartoons depicting the Parliament building as a toilet and another featured Mother India about to be gang raped by a character labeled “corruption.” Aseem was released from jail on Sunday to a hero’s welcome after […]
Satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo has published crude caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed which has many fearing they are throwing “oil on the fire” considering the protests and riots occurring right now around the world over a short film called “The Innocence of Muslims.”From Huffington Post: The prime minister said freedom of expression is guaranteed […]
Shepard Fairey, the artist who gained notoriety for creating the infamous Barack Obama “Hope” poster using an image from the Associated Press has been convicted of ?destroying and fabricating documents? in a civil lawsuit. According to The Smoking Gun, federal prosecutors want to make an example out of him and have filed a memorandum with […]
Last year Zulkifli Anwar Ulhaque, best known as Zunar, was awarded the CRNI’s Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning. Below is his acceptance speech.
A cartoon by on display at the caricature museum in the German city of Kassel is raising a ruckus. The cartoon depicts Jesus hanging on the cross and words coming down from heaven, “Hey, you. I f—– your mother.” Religious officials have called it offensive and have asked the museum to remove it to which […]
Robert Duncan, a Jr. High teacher, was dismissed earlier this month after six months of paid administrative leave after a parent took cell phone photos of two disturbing posters. One of the posters was a cartoon depicting Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny and a caricature of Mitt Romney standing next to a poster stating “Obama Season” […]
Moroccan cartoonist Khalid Gueddar was detained by police for over six hours and questioned about a caricature he posted on his website that they allege is a insult to Islam. The cartoon in question is actually a re-published cartoon that he drew last year depicting someone tossing lingerie from a minaret. He was arrested in […]
The Guardian has a great interview with Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat whose hands were beaten and left for dead last August by pro-regime thugs trying to quiet his work. In this interview Ali gives a first hand account of what happened. He also talks about returning to cartooning after and it’s physically painful to draw […]
Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up. Malaysia’s Election Commission has announced that it is banning caricatures during the next general election.From Free Malaysia Today:According to a Bernama report, Wan Ahmad said that the 2011 Sarawak state election saw “too many” examples of “inappropriate” political caricatures. “The election is a serious matter and we cannot […]
The Washington Post reports that Pakistan shut down access to Twitter yesterday after the social network allegedly declined to remove tweets mentioning “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day.”Details on the allegedly offensive tweets were unavailable, but they apparently urged participation in “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day,” a campaign launched two years ago that Muslims worldwide have denounced for […]
K. Shankar Pillai cartoon depicting Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, the head of a panel drafting the Constitution, on a snail has caused a ruckus of major proportions in India. The Parliament, which deemed the cartoon an insult to the constitution and the Parliament and has ordered it removed from all books – including textbooks that have […]