Burmese Caricaturist Faces Censorship

The cartoonist and caricaturist Awpikye has become accustomed to having his work held up by Burma's scary-sounding Press Scrutiny and Registration Board, although this time around it seems that the ban comes from his having brought food to protesting monks rather than the usual objections to content. Others assisting in that effort were arrested. The story was mirrored by a International Freedom of Expression eXchange bulletin. This is apparently the only mention of the veteran caricaturist on the Internet, at least in that English spelling, although it seems as if he uses several pen names.
 
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