Two Scary Contextual News Pieces For Cartoon Expression

* international press organizations have condemned the blocking of the Lanka-e-News web service since October 18. The article places this latest move in the context of government attacks against the press. This includes the disappearance of journalist/cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda in January 2010 on the eve of a contested election, and the torpor that characterized any official investigation of that disappearance.

* a general named Saldiray Berk received a suspended jail sentence from a Turkish court for insulting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This is the same kind of lawsuit that the prime minister and other high officials in the country -- in the region, really -- have brought against cartoonist that have dared to draw elected officials in something other than than flattering terms.
 
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