Whereabouts on Zunar’s Legal Issues

Court Update: Zunar’s Travel ban challenge: Judge agreed to recuse herself

Judge Datuk Hanifah Farikullah today agreed to recuse herself from hearing my case challenging the travel ban imposed by the Malaysian government at Kuala Lumpur High Court today. Lawyers Latifah Koya, Eric Paulsen and Melissa Sasidaran submitted the aplication on my behalf on the ground that...

Media invitation: Judicial Review application against the travel ban

I will be filing a Judicial Review application against the travel ban imposed on me on 17 October 2016, from travelling out of Malaysia. Details are as follows: Date: 7 December 2016 (Wednesday)  Time: 11 am Venue: Lobby, Kuala Lumpur Court Complex, Jalan Duta

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...

Zunar’s travel ban draws worldwide solidarity from International cartoonist organisations, NGOs

Below are the statements from the Cartoonist Rights Network International, The Cartooning For Peace Foundation, The Cartoon Movement, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Article 19 and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Amnesty International and Wikipedia Foundation. 1. Amnesty International Amnesty International...

The story of cartoonist Zunar

Travel ban, book ban, detention, charged, office raided, printer raided, webmaster arrested ZUNAR Zunar (Zulkiflee Sm Anwar Ulhaque) is a political cartoonist from Malaysia. With slogan, "How Can I be Neutral, Even My Pen Has a Stand", he exposes corruption and abuse of power committed by the...

Travel Ban: Support from World’s cartoonist organisations, NGOs

World's cartoonist organisations, NGOs have came forward to support Zunar and condemn the Malaysian goverment action to impose the traveling ban on him. Below are the statements from the Cartoonist Rights Network International, The Cartooning For Peace Faundation, The Cartoon Movement, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund,...

Malaysian Cartoonist Zunar Banned from Traveling

We have reported about Malaysian cartoonist Zunar on numerous occasions. Zunar’s cartoons are very critical of the Malaysian government, much to the dismay of government officias. He currently faces nine charges under the Sedition Act with the possibility of 43 years in jail. Today,...

ZUNAR GROUNDED BY MALAYSIAN POLICE CHIEF

As widely reported following an update on his Twitter feed, CRNI’s 2011 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award winner Zulkiflee Anwar Haque – Zunar – was prevented from leaving Malaysia via Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Monday October 17th. He had intended to...