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Cartoonists 'first victims' of crackdowns on press
« on: May 05, 2017, 07:41:07 pm »
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Cartoonists 'first victims' of crackdowns on press
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AFP  May 5, 2017

Paris (AFP) - Ten countries including Russia, Turkey and India have been condemned for censoring, locking up or threatening cartoonists in a new report published Friday.

The Cartooning for Peace group said cartoonists were increasingly becoming the victims of repressive crackdowns on free speech.

The watchdog's first annual global report also documents attacks on freedom of expression in Kenya, Venezuela, Egypt, Malaysia, Jordan, Ecuador and Burkina Faso.

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Re: Cartoonists 'first victims' of crackdowns on press
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2017, 08:01:13 pm »
even Trump blamed cartoons for the Garland terrorist attack