These are not the best of times to be a political cartoonist. Last week, one of Canada's top cartoonists, Michael de Adder, had his contract...
The death of the political cartoon (AlJazeera, 2 July 2019)
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CATEGORY: Fellowship 2019
Cartoonist loses job after image depicting Trump ignoring dead migrants to play golf (The Independent, 30 June 2019)
A cartoonist says he has been dropped from a series of newspapers after his image depicting Donald Trump ignoring dead migrants to play golf went...
How menstrual blood became my political paint (BBC Outlook, 13 May 2019)
After being jailed for her art, Kurdish journalist Zehra DoÄźan's paint supplies were confiscated. She was charged with peddling terrorist propaganda...
From A Turkish Prison To Tate Modern: The Story Of Zehra DoÄźan, The Kurdish Artist And Journalist Endorsed By Banksy And Ai Wei Wei (Run Riot, 7 May 2019)
Zehra Doğan was released from prison on 24 February 2019. She was jailed over a painting she adapted from a Turkish army photograph where she...
World Press Freedom Day: Jailed for a painting (BBC World, 3 May 2019)
Today marks World Press Freedom Day. Around the world, hundreds of journalists are imprisoned for doing their jobs, and the highest number is in...
Podcast: Freedom of Expression Awards 2019 Winners’ Roundtable
A special edition of the Index on Censorship podcast celebrating the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2019.
Painting with honey, fruits and blood (New Internationalist, 13 April 2019)
Alessio Perrone talks to a Kurdish artist and journalist who has taken on the Turkish government from behind bars. Read the full article.
Journalism 2019
Mimi Mefo is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Journalism Fellow
Digital Activism 2019
FundaciĂłn Karisma is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Digital Activism Fellow
Campaigning 2019
Cartoonists Rights Network International is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Campaigning Fellow
Arts 2019
Artist Zehra DoÄźan is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Arts Fellow
#IndexAwards2019: Index announces Freedom of Expression Awards winners
A Kurdish artist imprisoned for her paintings of the destruction of a town in Turkey’s Kurdish region and a worldwide network monitoring threats and abuses against editorial cartoonists around the world are among the winners of the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards.
