UN Refuses Help To Ahmed Abbas

This is officially Not Comics, as the work involved in getting the popular Maldivian cartoonist the jail sentence in question were prose articles rather than comics art, but it's worth noting that Ahmed Abbas was denied refuge and safe passage by the local UN officials. This speaks to some potentially even darker times ahead in countries where outspoken artists may put some stock in being able to leave if things get bad. Abbas cartoons for Minivan Daily and Dhivehi Observer.
 
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