Cartoonists Rights Network International fights to protect the human rights and the personal and creative freedom of editorial cartoonists around the world under threat, arrest, or intimidation because of the power and influence of their professional work.
CRNI's network of over 600 editorial and social cartoonists throughout the world monitors these threats to editorial cartoonists and their families and activates campaigns to raise awareness and public pressure that push back against these threats.
06/13/2013
Further to our continuing stories about missing Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan, it was reported by a reliable source that Mr. Raslan's trial for sedition due to begin on June 3, 2013 has been indefinitely postponed. read more
06/12/2013
On June 7, 2013 the Daily Mirror, published in Colombo, Sri Lanka, reported that a member of Parliament, Arundhika Fernando, claimed to have met with missing journalist and cartoonist Pageeth Eknaligoda on a recent trip to France. Prageeth disappeared on the night of January 24th 2010. He was an employee of the Lanka-e-News website. read more
05/27/2013
May 27, 2013 Cartoonists Rights Network International Burke, Virginia USA Press Release Mr. Joel Pett, President of the Board of Directors of the Cartoonists Rights Network International announces that the recipient of the Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning for 2013 is Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan. read more
Disappeared Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan soon to be put on trial. About five months ago Syrian cartoonist Akram Raslan disappeared in Damascus and was reportedly being held incommunicado by the Bashir al-Assad government. He had been drawing for the Al-Fida (or Fedaa) newspaper in the city of Hama when he was grabbed. Now. he is about to be put on trial. read more
05/24/2013
Thomas Nast Award winner donates to CRNI Normally, we reserve this space for news about cartoonists who are in trouble because of their cartoons. However, we think our readers should know that recently, American cartoonist Rob Rogers (who draws for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette), after winning the annual Foreign Correspondents Thomas Nast Award, donated his prize money to the Cartoonists Rights Network International. read more
Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonists issue petition in support of freedom of expression.
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