Index calls on Malaysia to immediately drop all charges against Zunar and respect free expression
Malaysia: Dismissal of Sedition Act challenge a blow to free expression
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CATEGORY: Malaysia
Malaysian police target online sales of cartoonist’s latest book
Index on Censorship condemns the ongoing harassment of cartoonist Zunar and his colleagues
Protest around the world
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Malaysia: Sedition case against cartoonist Zunar adjourned
Index calls on Malaysia to immediately drop all charges against Zunar and respect free expression
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
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.
Malaysia: The newspaper that can’t print “Allah”
An appeal for Catholic newspaper The Herald to be allowed to print the word Allah in its Malaysian edition has been turned down. Tom Francis writes