Cartoonists Rights

Ahead of next week’s crucial midterms, join us Thursday for a free online screening & discussion of @lauranix.bsky.social’s film @democracydoc.bsky.social with acclaimed cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social & our Executive Director @terrytoon.com #DemocracyUnderSiege kinema.com/events/Democ...

If you haven’t seen it yet be sure to catch this great film. It will get you fired up over democracy and cartoons!

Ahead of next week’s crucial midterms, join us Thursday for a free online screening & discussion of @lauranix.bsky.social’s film @democracydoc.bsky.social with acclaimed cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social & our Executive Director @terrytoon.com #DemocracyUnderSiege kinema.com/events/Democ...

Delighted to see jailed Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar’s name on the shortlist for the next Freedom of Expression Awards from @indexoncensorship.org #FreeAshrafOmar www.indexoncensorship.org/the-2026-fre...

Watch ‘Democracy Under Siege’ for Free Oct. 29 www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

[BLOG] " #Türkiye: a further crackdown on #pressfreedom" - a cartoon by @zehraomerovna.bsky.social (Türkiye) on our blog "Libérons les crayons !" via @lemonde.fr : www.lemonde.fr/liberons-les...

🌏 Colleagues and partners pay tribute to the late @cartoonistsrights.org founder Robert “Bro” Russell. IFEX’s Executive Director Rachael Kay described him as “a champion for freedom of expression and cartoonists everywhere.” buff.ly/SfGQzVT

Ahead of the US midterms, join us 10/29 for a special online screening & discussion of @lauranix.bsky.social’s film #DemocracyUnderSiege, with acclaimed cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social & our Executive Director Terry Anderson. Free of charge, but registration essential. kinema.com/events/Democ...

Ahead of the US midterms, join us 10/29 for a special online screening & discussion of @lauranix.bsky.social’s film #DemocracyUnderSiege, with acclaimed cartoonist @anntelnaes.bsky.social & our Executive Director Terry Anderson. Free of charge, but registration essential. kinema.com/events/Democ...

📢 [UPDATE] - CARTOONIST ALERT #Turkey The trial of members of the editorial team of the satirical newspaper LeMan has been adjourned until 2 February 2027. Cartooning for Peace reiterates its support for the editorial staff of the newspaper LeMan, who are being prosecuted in this case.

📢 [CARTOONIST ALERT] #Egypt Ashraf Omar, in prison for two years Trial of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar adjourned until 14 December Further information: www.cartooningforpeace.org/en/soutiens/... © Jérôme TRIPIER-MONDANCIN #FreeAshrafOmar

📢 [CARTOONIST ALERT] #Brazil Since July 2026, Cartunista Das Cavernas has been receiving death threats on Facebook because of his editorial cartoons. CFP strongly condemns the attacks and acts of intimidation against the cartoonist and the Brazilian press. Info: bit.ly/3Uv3bFb

"...last week, Nieman Lab revealed that OpenAI’s ChatGPT has been producing counterfeit New Yorker-style cartoons—complete with the unauthorized signatures of real New Yorker cartoonists." A MUST READ: The War on Cartoonists by @borowitzreport.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/borowitz...

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS notes today’s further delay in the trial of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar after the prosecution’s lead witness, the investigating officer failed to attend court. We call for an end to the protracted judicial harassment Mr. Omar has endured since 2024. manassa.news/news/34375

📢 [UPDATE : CARTOONIST ALERT] #Türkiye On 6 October 2026, at the fifth hearing of cartoonist Doğan Pehlevan, tried for ‘insulting the president’ over X posts he denies writing, the court gave him an 11-month, 20-day suspended sentence (Art. 299), though his lawyers say ownership is unproven.

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS voices concern about the progress of the so-called “Anti-Meme Law” in Mexico. Any bill intended to combat digital fraud must also allow people – including cartoonists & satirists – to express themselves freely online. yucatanmagazine.com/mexico-anti-...

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS condemns the latest twist in the ongoing judicial harassment of Doğan Pehlevan (Türkiye), an 11-month, 20-day suspended sentence over “insulting the president” via an X account he says isn’t even his own. www.turkishminute.com/2026/10/06/l...

Six journalists were arrested for daring to say "don't believe it" in Egypt, one of the world’s most prolific jailers of journalists. 🖊Read why Matsada2sh reporters were silenced in President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi's Egypt: www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/10/egyp...

Fight AI slop with art! French cartoonist @pietdessinateur.bsky.social has created a series of anti-AI stickers. See them all and download them for free here: cartoonmovement.substack.com/p/fight-ai-s... #AIslop #AIFreeArt #ArtificialIntelligence

CARTOONISTS RIGHTS condemns the latest twist in the ongoing judicial harassment of Doğan Pehlevan (Türkiye), an 11-month, 20-day suspended sentence over “insulting the president” via an X account he says isn’t even his own. www.turkishminute.com/2026/10/06/l...

One of our earliest clients, and now VP of CARTOONISTS RIGHTS Nik Kowsar reflects upon the legacy of our late founder, Robert “Bro” Russell. cagle.com/columnist/ni...

We join colleagues across the IFEX network in calling for an immediate global moratorium on the development, financing and sale of frontier A.I. models. ifex.org/civil-societ...

UPDATE: the family of Robert “Bro” Russell have posted an obituary. www.legacy.com/legacy/rober... However despite the links seen therewith they have requested that well-wishers send no flowers etc, instead making a donation to CARTOONISTS RIGHTS. cartoonistsrights.org/donate/

[A LOOK BACK IN PICTURES] ✊ Democracy under pressure – drawing to resist © Jérôme Tripier-Mondancin

UPDATE: the family of Robert “Bro” Russell have posted an obituary. www.legacy.com/legacy/rober... However despite the links seen therewith they have requested that well-wishers send no flowers etc, instead making a donation to CARTOONISTS RIGHTS. cartoonistsrights.org/donate/

[REPORT] Safaa Odah : Fleeing Gaza to draw in peace Safaa Odah benefited from the Collège de France’s “Pause” programme and was granted a visa. She had been waiting for it for months, confined to a tent in the the Gaza Strip: www.arte.tv/fr/videos/13...

✏️ @cartoonistsrights.org gathered tributes from past winners of the Courage in Cartooning Award in honor of the group's late founder, Dr Robert “Bro” Russell. buff.ly/9IvXsg8

Marie-Christine Saragosse, présidente - directrice générale de France Médias Monde, revient sur le partenariat historique qui unit France Médias Monde et Cartooning for Peace autour de valeurs communes.

Our deepest sympathies go to our friends at @cartoonistsrights.org following the loss of their founding figure, Bro Russell, a great defender of cartoonists and their rights. The Courage in Cartooning Award, presented alternately by our two organizations, bears the name of this great man in the USA

Rendez-vous le jeudi 24 septembre à 19h au Théâtre de la Concorde pour la soirée événement « Démocratie sous pression : dessiner pour résister »organisée par Cartooning for Peace.   Plus d’informations : www.cartooningforpeace.org/evenements/d...

Here’s my sit down with Jake Tapper at CNN about THE DISSIDENTS. The bolts in my neck aren’t too visible. @abramscomicarts.bsky.social #graphicnovel #graphicnovels

“… one of the most passionate fighters for cartoonists I have ever met." Remembrances of Robert Russell from his colleagues & allies as CARTOONISTS RIGHTS’ founder/director. cartoonistsrights.org/russell-reme... NB – Tuesday’s post of tributes also updated. cartoonistsrights.org/russell-reme...

“… one of the most passionate fighters for cartoonists I have ever met." Remembrances of Robert Russell from his colleagues & allies as CARTOONISTS RIGHTS’ founder/director. cartoonistsrights.org/russell-reme... NB – Tuesday’s post of tributes also updated. cartoonistsrights.org/russell-reme...

Since March 2025, I've been involved in a research project titled Democratic Literacy and Humour (@deliah.eu). We have worked with @pxmolina.bsky.social to create a 4-page comic that explains what we know about how humour works in a democracy. Full comic: deliaheu.substack.com/p/comic-humo...

The KNOW YOUR RIGHTS comic I created with @davidhahn.bsky.social @elllewrightart.bsky.social and @tayloresposito.bsky.social is spotlighted in this @nytimes.com by @georgegustines.bsky.social! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/16/a... @hsglobalhistory.bsky.social @nycschools.bsky.social @mayor.nyc.gov

#USA #Nicaragua For my English-speaking friends: Luis Galeano is a Nicaraguan journalist who was forced into exile by the dictatorship and has been living in the US since 2018. Luis was detained by ICE a couple of days ago, despite having documentation and a legitimate asylum process underway.

“I owe my freedom and my international career to him.” Remembrances of Robert Russell from those he championed as CARTOONISTS RIGHTS’ founder and director. cartoonistsrights.org/russell-reme...

Dr. Robert ‘Bro’ Russell, founder of Cartoonists Rights and a tireless defender of political cartoonists facing persecution around the world passed away on Sunday in Virginia. He was 84 years old. www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

“I owe my freedom and my international career to him.” Remembrances of Robert Russell from those he championed as CARTOONISTS RIGHTS’ founder and director. cartoonistsrights.org/russell-reme...

“I didn’t do it because I’m a cartoonist, or out of some sense of humanity, but the very practical reason that they (cartoonists) are the most cost-effective and powerful social change agents in any culture!” Our late founder Robert Russell, in his own words. cartoonistsrights.org/robert-russe...

One of the first recipients of the Courage in Cartooning Award that now bears Robert Russell’s name, and VP of our board of directors Nikahang Kowsar has shared this fond remembrance of our founder “Bro” whose death was announced yesterday. nkowsar.substack.com/p/bro

So sad to learn Robert Russell, known to cartoonists affectionately as 'Bro', has passed away. He was one of the most passionate fighters for cartoonists I have ever met.

“I didn’t do it because I’m a cartoonist, or out of some sense of humanity, but the very practical reason that they (cartoonists) are the most cost-effective and powerful social change agents in any culture!” Our late founder Robert Russell, in his own words. cartoonistsrights.org/robert-russe...

Dr. Robert I. Russell: 1942-2026 With great sadness, we announce the passing of our organization's founder, and for many years Executive Director Dr. Robert Russell – known to cartoonists around the world as "Bro". cartoonistsrights.org/robert-russe...