Cartoon Campaign for Freedom

Cartoon Campaign for Freedom
French newspaper report about Cartoon Campaign For Freedom of Mehdi Rajabian
French newspaper report about the campaign
Purpose Political campaign
Owner United Sketches

Cartoon Campaign for Freedom is a campaign started by French organisation United Sketches for the freedom of Mehdi Rajabian, the artist and musician who has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment for his artistic activities.[1][2][3][4][5]

The campaign invites cartoonists from around the world to draw a cartoon in support of Mehdi Rajabian and to picture their time in Evin Prison. Some well-known and prominent artists and cartoons have joined the campaign, including Russian cartoonist Victor Bogorad.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmmaker". www.iranhumanrights.org. "Center for Human Rights in Iran". Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  3. ↑ "Draw for Iranian Imprisoned Musician Mehdi Rajabian". 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  4. ↑ Medina, Daniel (2017-02-21). "Editorial cartoons". IPF. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  5. ↑ "Iran: Imprisoned musician's health deteriorating". Artsfreedom. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  6. ↑ "A jailed Iranian musician texts from his hospital bed: Don't forget me". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  7. ↑ "Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmamaker". pen-international.org. Pen International. January 2016.
  8. ↑ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (2016-03-24). "Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  9. ↑ "Tricked Into Ending Hunger Strike, Imprisoned Music Distributors Resume Quest for Justice – Center for Human Rights in Iran". www.iranhumanrights.org. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  10. ↑ "Draw for Iranian Imprisoned Musician Mehdi Rajabian". UNITED SKETCHES. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  11. ↑ "Cartoon Movement". www.cartoonmovement.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
  12. ↑ Medina, Daniel (2017-02-21). "Editorial cartoons". IPF. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  13. ↑ "Iran: Imprisoned musician's health deteriorating". Artsfreedom. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
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