Index calls on Malaysia to immediately drop all charges against Zunar and respect free expression
Malaysia: Sedition case against cartoonist Zunar adjourned
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Zunar: I hope for freedom, but prepare to fight on
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.
Malaysian authorities must drop charges against cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque
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.
Staying silent is not an option, says persecuted Malaysian cartoonist Zunar
Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, aka Zunar, is facing nine charges and 43 years in prison under Malaysia’s sedition act, with the trial set to start on 20 May
Padraig Reidy: Sentenced to death for not believing in God
Washiqur Rahman and Ajivit Roy were killed because they were atheists who refused to keep quiet about their beliefs
Malaysian cartoonist Zunar says “I will keep drawing until the last drop of my ink”
Malaysian political cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque “Zunar” was charged with nine counts of sedition for tweets posted following a controversial court ruling.
Will China’s detention of feminist activists shut the movement up or make it louder?
The continued detention of five activists arrested ahead of International Women’s Day could be a turning point for Chinese feminists — for better or worse, writes Jemimah Steinfeld
Padraig Reidy: Women are denied the right to exist in public space — even in death
Whether openly hateful or couched in “protective” metaphor, the message to women is always clear: public interaction is for men, and at best, you are here by our permission
How Afghanistan’s female journalists are covering the stories no one else can
The country’s female journalists are playing a vital role in society, but threats remain
#IndexAwards2015: Campaigning nominee Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar
Abdul Mujeeb Khalvatgar is an Afghan journalist and the executive director of the media advocacy group Nai Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, which works to develop a free media as the country develops a peacetime society.