Cartoon Campaign for Freedom

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]

Cartoon Campaign for Freedom
French newspaper report about the campaign
PurposePolitical campaign
OwnerUnited Sketches

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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