This slide show features some of Tony Namate’s editorial cartoons. Namate recently published a book of his cartoons, The Emperor’s New Clods: Political Cartoons from Zimbabwe.
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Editorial cartoonists talk about their careers and challenges. Featuring Tony Namate (Zimbabwe), Alfredo Pong (Cuba), Pedro León Zapata (Venezuela), Aw Pi Kyeh (Burma), Jonathan Shapiro aka Zapiro (South Africa).
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In September of 2001, with the global media’s eye fixed on 9/11, independent newspapers were closed and ten journalists imprisoned. This slide show features the six journalists still in prison and the four who died in jail.
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On September 1st two female journalists connected to the political magazine, Contralinea, were found murdered in a Mexico City park. According to Reporters Without Borders, eighty journalists have been murdered in Mexico since 2000.
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Nikahang Kowsar launched Khodnevis.org to continue the fight for freely reported news and information and “to give a voice to the voiceless.” Nikahang is an Iranian journalist and cartoonist who was forced to flee his country in 2003.
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The Iranian writer, lawyer, and human rights activist Nasrin Sotoudeh has first-hand experience dealing with threats to freedom of expression. She is currently serving an 11-year jail sentence.
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In this report, Reporters Without Borders pays tribute to journalists who manage to continue working while in exile. RSF interviewed journalists, news media and organizations which it has helped and with which it works on a regular basis.
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