Zunar’s Civil Court Decision Pushed, Expected Friday

After delays from May to June and then June to sometime in late July, the decision in cartoonist Zunar's civil suit is now strongly expected to be announced Friday. This article does a nice job of explaining the basics. This could be a potentially major step in the cartoonist's attempts to find some sort of legal satisfaction out of the horrible and unnecessary harassment he faced due to publication of a politically inexpedient book. I'm not sure anyone expected this suit to turn out in Zunar's favor, so I don't think it's a crushing disappointment if he loses. While it would be great if he won -- for the recognition alone -- I'm not even sure how extensively he could be rewarded. It's worth noting there's also an extra-legal component to the matter, such as the difficulties that can arise in finding publishing partners when you've been targeted by a government this way.
 
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