Index on Censorship condemns the ongoing harassment of cartoonist Zunar and his colleagues

Index on Censorship condemns the ongoing harassment of cartoonist Zunar and his colleagues
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Index calls on Malaysia to immediately drop all charges against Zunar and respect free expression
Cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, aka Zunar, currently faces a record number of nine simultaneous charges under Malaysia’s controversial sedition act in a trial that is scheduled to begin on July 7.
Index on Censorship joins Article 19, English PEN, Media Legal Defence Initiative and PEN International in writing to the Malaysian prime minister calling for the charges against cartoonist, Zunar, to be dropped.