German police on Saturday briefly detained Kurdish artist and journalist Zehra Doğan following a protest she led against the destruction of a historic town in Turkey’s southeast. Doğan was detained along with three French nationals in front of...
A Canadian political cartoonist started a firestorm of controversy and lost his jobs with several newspapers after drawing an image of Donald Trump asking two dead migrants if he can "play through." Read the article in full.
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 terminated by a publishing company in New Brunswick after a cartoon he did on US President Donald Trump...
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 viral. Read the Article in full.
After being jailed for her art, Kurdish journalist Zehra Doğan's paint supplies were confiscated. She was charged with peddling terrorist propaganda when she drew a scene of a destroyed Kurdish-majority city in southern Turkey. In prison, she asked...
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 depicted armored vehicles devouring civilians in her hometown, Nusaybin. She was denied access to painting...
Today marks World Press Freedom Day. Around the world, hundreds of journalists are imprisoned for doing their jobs, and the highest number is in Turkey - according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Zehra Doğan, a Kurdish journalist and...
A special edition of the Index on Censorship podcast celebrating the winners of the Freedom of Expression Awards 2019.
Alessio Perrone talks to a Kurdish artist and journalist who has taken on the Turkish government from behind bars. Read the full article.
Mimi Mefo is the 2019 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Journalism Fellow