Zunar Charged With Nine Counts Of Sedition In Malaysian Courts



An already-bad story that three or four times seemed like it couldn't get worse lurched into nightmare territory early today in Kuala Lumpur, as the esteemed cartoonist Zunar was charged with nine counts of sedition, mostly for criticism through cartoon of the country's judicial system. The cartoonist distributed the above defiant cartoon after being released.

The Associated Press story seems to hit all of the highlights, and provides the context of Zunar's career (he was serially harassed by the police department for some pretty standard editorial cartoon work, including confiscations and office visits, before a surprise win at the end of a long and involved legal process) and sedition charges within the country more generally (a flood, using laws that multiple politicians thought might be dismantled by now rather than revived).

It's a horrible situation, and as it stands right now could get worse. I'm grateful there's international attention. We hope for any intercession possible from private or public citizens, and if given some small thing to do will certainly pass it along to you. In the meantime, all thoughts with Zunar in this difficult time.
 
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