Zunar Legal Travails In Context
I'm not sure there's anything news in this Asia Times On-Line article that mentions the legal difficulties facing Malaysia's Zunar, who looks to be tried for sedition under a 62-year-old set of laws for making satirical cartoons. Still, I appreciated it's triple-play of contextual analysis -- where this crackdown on a single cartoonist fits in with upcoming events (there's an election in 2011), where it fits in in terms of publishing generall (bloggers are being harassed as well), and where it fits into Zunar's own admirable career (depending on how you count, I believe this latest is his fourth book to be subject to some sort of action). Worth a catch-up.
