Cartoonists Rights Network, International

Cartoonists Rights Network, International
Focus human rights
Members
600 editorial and social cartoonists
Key people
 Robert Russell, Executive Director; Joel Pett president, and board members Michael de Adder, Nikahang Kowsar, John Lent
Revenue
public donations
Website www.cartoonistsrights.org

Cartoonists Rights Network, International is a non-profit organisation, based in the United States, that looks to protect the human rights and creative freedom of social and editorial cartoonists.

It monitors and supports the well-being of political cartoonists who find themselves in trouble and directly through affiliates has helped cartoonists to seek asylum from countries where they have been threatened, or suffered harassment, often from government authorities.[1]

In November 2017, CRNI gave its Courage in Editorial Cartooning annual award to Ramón Esono Ebalé of Equatorial Guinea, who is in prison for publishing art critical of his country's government.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Cartoonists Rights Network, International: Exiled Iranian Cartoonist Seeks Safe Haven
  2. ↑ Cavna, Michael (November 6, 2017). "An imprisoned West African graphic novelist received the Courage in Cartooning award. Will it help?". The Washington Post. Washington, DC. Retrieved November 6, 2017.


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