Zunar’s press and non-press statements
08Dis

Zunar’s Statement: Support from celebrated artists / activists boosted me

The fight through cartoons receives new level of morale booster when celebrated artists and activists around the world rally up for a show of support. American singer, songwriter, actor, and social activist Harry Belafonte explains why he is taking action for me. "All my life...
27Nov

STATEMENT: (Eng & BM) ZUNAR receives International Press Freedom Awards

ZUNAR receives International Press Freedom Awards I am delighted to receives the "International Press Freedom Award 2015" from Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York this evening (24th November 2015). Legendary cartoonist, Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) presented the prestigious award to me at the gala...
16Nov

(ENG & BM) Amnesty International

Eng: Cartoonist Zunar has been chosen by Amnesty International as the first Malaysian for their biggest annual international campaign, ‘Write for Rights (#W4R) 2015′. Please visit the page and watch the video to sign petition to Prime Minister of Malaysia to drop charges against Zunar. BM:...
12Nov

(Eng & BM) Zunar: Court on Book Banning: Message to Malaysian Government: Stop Cartoon-O-Phobia policy, challenge me “cartoon by cartoon” instead

English Message to Malaysian Government: Stop Cartoon-O-Phobia policy, challenge me "cartoon by cartoon" instead Even though we know that Malaysian judiciary system is not independent, I am relieved to see few good judges still exist. I welcome the Federal Court judgement on 11 Nov2015 to uphold the decision...
07Nov

Malaysia: Drop charges against cartoonist for tweets

Malaysian authorities must immediately drop politically motivated charges against one of the country’s best-known cartoonists, who could face a long prison sentence for a series of tweets, Amnesty International said ahead of his hearing, which is starting on 6 November. Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, better known...
07Nov

Malaysian cartoonist charged with sedition

Zunar alleged political pressure on the judiciary in Anwar Ibrahim's case Malaysian authorities have charged a prominent cartoonist with sedition over his criticism of the jailing of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Zulkiflee Anwar Haque, known as Zunar, faces court action over tweets he sent about the...
07Nov

Update from Court: Zunar filed challenge to nine sedition charges

Note form Zunar: Update on my case: I filed challenge to nine sedition charges Today 6 November 2015, my case was called up for case management. But I instead filed an application at the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur to challenge the nine charges under...
20Okt

Statement: Facebook blocked my Cartoon on Rosmah

My first cartoon on Rosmah in two months has been blocked by facebook this morning. The cartoon, "Plan B (ini) on Zeti" in Fb account of "Zunar Kartunis Fan Club", "Zunar Kartunis" and "Zunar Kartunis Dua" was blocked half an hour after it was uploaded. Several...
14Okt

Najib lies about cartoonists and the freedom of expression

Najib lies about cartoonists and the freedom of expression Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak spoke lies and avoided addressing the government's restraints towards cartoonists in his speech at the Kampung Boy Award 2015 in Putrajaya last night. Najib was quoted by the media as saying...
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