Cartoonist Arrested

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  Clashes In Istanbul Over Prophet Muhammed Cartoon Publication

  Clashes erupted in Istanbul Monday with police firing rubber bullets and tear gas to break up an angry mob after allegations that a satirical magazine had published a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed, an AFP correspondent said.

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  Pulitzer-Winning Cartoonist Darrin Bell Arrested For Possessing Child Pornography

  Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell has been arrested on charges of possessing more than 100 videos of child pornography, authorities said.

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  Who Is Chris Chan? The Transgender Internet Personality Trending Online

  Chan is a notorious internet personality and cartoonist, often making headlines for her eccentric behaviour and personal life.

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  'I Didn't Kill, Will Continue': Chennai Cartoonist's Bala Swipe After Bail

  Cartoonist Bala G, whose arrest for a caricature lampooning Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami sparked massive outrage, today said he had no regrets. "I did not commit a murder," the 36-year-old freelance cartoonist said, minutes after a court ordered his release on bail. He has been charged with defamation and obscenity.

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  Cartoonist Arrested In Chennai For Criticising Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Officials

  Cartoonist Bala G was on Sunday arrested in Chennai for a "demeaning caricature" that blamed top government functionaries including Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami of not acting against loan sharks who had driven four people to suicide last month.

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  Aseem Trivedi's Cartoons Didn't Incite Violence, Says Bombay High Court on Sedition Charges

  In a major relief to cartoonist and free speech activist Aseem Trivedi, the Bombay High Court today said that his cartoons did not incite violence, adding that, they only expressed anger with the state machinery. The court's verdict came on a Public Interest Litigation, filed by an activist-lawyer Shankar Marathe, challenging Mr Trivedi's arrest on...

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  Cartoonist Arrested for Criticizing Malaysian Opposition Leader's Ruling

  One of Malaysia's best-known political cartoonists has been arrested for sedition over a Twitter posting that criticized the jailing of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, the artist's wife said today.

• China arrests two bloggers as it expands crackdown on 'rumour-mongering'

  Police in China have arrested an influential blogger and are holding a cartoonist in a widening crackdown on online "rumour-mongering", friends and a lawyer for one of them said today.

• My cartoons will now spew more venom, says Aseem Trivedi

  Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested on sedition charges, today said he would continue to draw cartoons that raise issues like corruption, as people in large numbers thronged the railway station in Kanpur to receive him.

• Maharashtra government orders probe into how Aseem Trivedi was booked for sedition

  Chastened by the outrage caused by the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi for "sedition", the Maharashtra government has now ordered an inquiry into how he came to be booked for the serious offense.

• LK Advani hits out at Congress for arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi

  Senior BJP leader L K Advani today hit out at Congress over the arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi while drawing parallels with Emergency and alleged that the "draconian mindset" of the present rulers is born out of "failure and desperation".

• Arrested cartoonist Aseem Trivedi granted bail, expected to come out of jail today

  Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who was arrested over the weekend, has been granted bail by the Bombay High Court. He is currently at the Arthur Road jail in Mumbai and is expected to come out at around 3 pm today.

• Sedition charges against arrested cartoonist Aseem Trivedi likely to be dropped

  Sedition charges against jailed cartoonist Aseem Trivedi will be dropped, say sources. He will now be charged with showing disrespect towards the national emblem. The Maharashtra government has sought legal opinion on the matter.

• Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest gets international attention

  India's government faced a mounting domestic and international backlash Tuesday over the arrest of a cartoonist on sedition charges as critics accused it of using colonial era laws to crush dissent.

• Drop sedition charges against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, or we will agitate, warns Arvind Kejriwal

  Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, who is lodged at Mumbai's Arthur Jail on charges of sedition, is allowed a maximum five visitors at a time as an undertrial. Among those the 25-year-old is likely to meet today is anti-corruption activist Arvid Kejriwal, who will visit him around 11 this morning.