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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
