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Graeme MacKay @mackaycartoons.bsky.social · 1d

Now that I’m back to the drawing table, some thoughts on my recent travels: open.substack.com/pub/mackayca...

La Terre de la Liberté

The land of liberty these days ain't the U.S.A.

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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 1d

How the West failed the test of the Danish cartoons controversy — D.D. Degg highlights two articles pointing out that freedom of speech has been curtailed in Europe since the 12 Muhammad cartoons appeared in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
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20 Years After the Danish Cartoon Affair

How the West failed the test of the Danish cartoons controversy On 30 September 2005, 12 cartoons appeared in the Danish newspaper, Jyllands-Posten, under the headline, ‘The face of Muhammad’. They we...

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CILIP @cilip.bsky.social · 2d

This week is #BannedBooksWeekUK. Join @indexoncensorship.org to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced, and to stand with the people who write, sell and lend them. Celebrate the freedom to read.

Banned Books Week UK - Index on Censorship

Banned Books Week UK returns from 5–11 October 2025. It’s a week to celebrate the books that have been challenged, removed or silenced

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Meredith Whittaker @meredithmeredith.bsky.social · 2d

📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU.

Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be.

Signal @signal.org · 5d

We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 4d

The Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l'image museum in Angoulême, France, will convene a free conference discussing comics and censorship next month

Angoulême to host “Censorship & Freedom in Creating Comics” conference

A special event that comes at a vital time

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Committee to Protect Journalists @pressfreedom.bsky.social · 5d

BREAKING🚨 Journalist Mario Guevara has officially been deported Friday from the United States back to his native El Salvador. This is a shameful erosion of press freedom in the U.S. — the first time that CPJ has documented this type of retaliation related to reporting.
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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 4d

US Cartooning Tradition in Peril—Hank Kennedy at Fair & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) looks at newspaper publishers cowering in the shadow of the current United States administration
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US Cartooning Tradition in Peril

In January, the Washington Post spiked a cartoon by Pulitzer Prize–winning Ann Telnaes that criticized the supplicant attitude displayed by the paper’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos, towards Donald Tr...

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ACLU @aclu.org · 5d

BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.

Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.

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Cartoonists Rights @cartoonistsrights.org · 6d

We think also of Saudi cartoonist Mohammed Al Hazza, imprisoned simply for publishing with a foreign outlet.
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 6d

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the Saudi state-sponsored murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

As comedians perform at the Riyadh Comedy Festival, we urge them to publicly call for Saudi authorities to free unjustly detained Saudi dissidents, journalists, and activists.

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Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC @caoilfhionn.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you to @rezaian.bsky.social & Bill McCarren for having faith in me, & appointing me to the Advisory Board of the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, at this critical moment for press freedom globally.

#JournalismIsNotACrime

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Press Freedom Center at National Press Club Announces New Additions to Advisory Board

/PRNewswire/ -- In a critical moment for press freedom around the world, the Press Freedom Center at the National Press Club today announced the addition of...

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The Media and Democracy Project @mediaanddemocracy.bsky.social · 6d

Journalists & cartoonists can puncture the unreality that autocrats create to maintain power. More US journalists need to use their “power of the pen” to defend reality & democracy.
h/t @karenattiah.bsky.social for bringing #khashoggi to WaPo #PressFreedom
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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 6d

Today marks seven years since the brutal murder of #JamalKhashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi was silenced for speaking out against the Saudi government. Until today, they have not been held to account:
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Saudi Arabia: Kingdom must be held to account for suppression of dissent - Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship joins with dozens of civil society organisations to call for Saudi Arabia to be held accountable for grave human rights violations.

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Cartoonists Rights @cartoonistsrights.org · 6d

Thanks to all who attended our panel on threats to cartoonists’ freedom of expression during @comicartfestival.bsky.social & heard from our amazing speakers @billmorrisonactual.bsky.social @zehraomerovna.bsky.social @martinrowson.bsky.social & Mohammad Saba’aneh.
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Cartoonists Rights @cartoonistsrights.org · 6d

We think also of Saudi cartoonist Mohammed Al Hazza, imprisoned simply for publishing with a foreign outlet.
dawnmena.org/whos-afraid-...

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 6d

Today marks seven years since the brutal murder of #JamalKhashoggi in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Khashoggi was silenced for speaking out against the Saudi government. Until today, they have not been held to account:
www.indexoncensorship.org/2018/10/saud...

Saudi Arabia: Kingdom must be held to account for suppression of dissent - Index on Censorship

Index on Censorship joins with dozens of civil society organisations to call for Saudi Arabia to be held accountable for grave human rights violations.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 7d

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Afghanistan: Internet Shutdowns Imperil Rights

The Taliban’s internet shutdowns are inflicting serious harm on people’s rights and livelihoods throughout Afghanistan.

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 7d

The Taliban’s internet shutdowns are inflicting serious harm on people’s rights and livelihoods throughout Afghanistan.

The shutdowns, which began in mid-September 2025, have impeded access to education, commerce, media, and healthcare services.

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 7d

The #RiyadhComedyFestival may boast big names like #DaveChappelle & #JimmyCarr, but in reality comedians in #SaudiArabia face censorship & harassment for their jokes. Satirist Ghanem Almasarir knows this better than most. Read his response to the festival: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/10/saud...

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Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social · 7d

"Attacks on satirists are a warning and will lead to a broader censoring of free speech"

(The in-person event is sold out but you can still sign up for the webinar)
umn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 9d

LICAF Special Award announced for Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah

Recognition for work in adversity in Gaza

LICAF Special Award announced for Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah

Recognition for work in adversity in Gaza

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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 8d

Comic news—International edition with:
🇦🇺 Ken Maynard
🇹🇷 Zehra Ömeroğlu
🇪🇬 Ashraf Omar
🇧🇩 Bangladesh women cartoonist
🇮🇳 Cartoon Studies Department in India
🇵🇸 Safaa Odah
🇮🇪 Galway Cartoon Festival 2025
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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 8d

🇹🇷 Zehra Ömeroğlu finally receives the Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award at Lakes International Comic Art Festival. 🧵 3/7

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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 8d

🇪🇬 Cartoonist Ashraf Omar is still imprisoned 14 months after he was arrested. #freeAshrafOmar 🧵 4/7

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The Daily Cartoonist @dailycartoonist.bsky.social · 8d

🇵🇸 Safaa Odah awarded a special award at Lakes International Comic Art Festival #LICAF2025 🧵 7/7

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Index on Censorship @indexoncensorship.org · 9d

The takedown of comedians is often the first sign of a leader ready to crackdown on free speech. Even though #JimmyKimmel’s suspension was reversed, it marked a turning point in the #US. Our CEO explains why joke tellers are so often targeted: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/09/jimm...

Jimmy Kimmel: No laughing matter - Index on Censorship

From the USA to India leaders can't take a joke. Comedians are paying the price

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