Activities and happenings around Zunar.

The Malay Mail – Why Zunar is not funny

Curated from: The Malay Mail Online Title: Why Zunar is not funny Original article by: Mustafa K. Anuar | December 26, 2016 DECEMBER 26 — The spate of arrests, charges under the draconian Sedition Act, and occasional disturbance at an art exhibition that Zunar faced in recent...

FMT – Tea Party Gone Wrong!

Curated From: FREE MALAYSIA TODAY Title: Tea party gone wrong Original Article By: Fa Abdul | December 19, 2016 Maybe Zunar's next tea party should have a different theme instead of Donald Dedak and Mickey Mah. For the past couple of years, Zunar has been popping up in...

Malaysia: harassment of cartoonist escalates

PEN INTERNATIONAL Malaysia: harassment of cartoonist escalates London, 2 December 2016 Original site http://www.pen-international.org/newsitems/malaysia-harassment-of-cartoonist-escalates/# THE Malaysian authorities must drop all charges and end the harassment against cartoonist Zunar for peacefully exercising his right to free expression, PEN International said today. Already facing nine counts of sedition and...

Zunar in the news

1. THE NEW YORK TIMES A Malaysian Political Cartoonist on Facing His Fears, and Prison, for Art HONG KONG — When protesters disrupted an art exhibition by Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, a political cartoonist, at the George Town Literary Festival in Malaysia on Saturday, he assumed that the...

Support from international organisations

1. Committee to Protect Journalists Malaysia intensifies harassment of award-winning cartoonist Bangkok, November 28, 2016―Malaysian authorities should drop all criminal charges against award-winning cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, popularly known as Zunar, and cease harassing him for his work, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police on November...

CARTOON-O-PHOBIA – 20 cartoons that scare the Malaysian government

These cartoons were exhibited in Penang, Malaysia on 25 November 2016, Zunar has been attacked by pro government thugs at the exhibition venue. On the following day, he was arrested by the police and locked up under the Sedition Act and The Penal Code. He...