Tom Spurgeon's Web site of comics news, reviews, interviews and commentary











August 20, 2010


Yemen Cartoonist Kamal Sharef Detained?

I'm not seeing a whole lot of confirmation on this post by someone monitoring Yemen News named Jane Novak, and it's far outside of my comfort zone in being able to tell you what's legitimate and not, but the article itself is ominous. It claims that progressive-issues cartoonist and organizer Kamal Sharef was taken from his home, along with work product and tools, because of his stands on political issues in the country such as women's rights. Apparently this came in conjunction with a more publicized incident whereby a journalist critical of certain political outcomes was arrested.
 
posted 11:55 am PST | Permalink
 

 
Daily Blog Archives
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
July 2019
 
Full Archives