All posts tagged united nations

  • Cartoon: Russia-China Veto
    Cartoon: Russia-China Veto

    A UN resolution was jointly vetoed by China and Russia, which would allow the International Criminal Court to investigate human rights violations and war crimes in Syria. Editorial cartoonist Hassan Bleibel depicts this telling move in today’s Curated Cartoons.

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  • Cartoon: Monumental Memories
    Cartoon: Monumental Memories

    Artist Victor Ndula addresses the 2007-2008 Kenyan post-election violence in this cartoon, in light of the UN’s International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims.

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  • Here we are, aren’t we?
    500 Days Without Prageeth Eknaligoda

    Eknaligoda’s cartoons are critical of the Sri Lankan government, which has been accused of curtailing media freedom. It has now been over 500 days since Prageeth Eknaligoda disappeared while walking from his office to his home in Colombo.

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  • “The regime always plays a zero sum game.”

    In this conversation, two followers of the National League for Democracy (NLD) discuss the implications of the 2010 elections, the release of NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and how the international community has responded to the junta’s refusal to make meaningful democratic reforms.

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