SA Cartoonists Protest Media Bill



A group of 29 editorial cartoonists representing the cream of South Africa's vibrant editorial cartooning field have signed a group petition protesting the proposed "Protection of Information Bill and Media Tribunal." They have since posted the above graphic and information relating to their displeasure about the bill to a dedicated web site and are encouraging its re-posting on as many individual sites and Facebook pages as possible. According to what I'm reading, a suggestion has been made that this the codification of a general bias against free expression of media, which has been particularly harsh on cartoonists in the recent past. I also imagine that this protest is basically a rallying point for debate about the bill.

A full list of the signatories, "from Andy to Zapiro," can be found at the above link.
 
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