The on-goings and whereabouts around me.

(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:...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...