“A Wonderful Human World” Competition – first selection

“A Wonderful Human World” competition (see Libex of 23rd of January) is now closed and the Jury will have the very difficult task to select the best cartoons in a brunch of stupendous ones. Members of Jury for the International Cartoon Contest & Exhibit in Norway dubbed as A Wonderful Human World has been announced on […]

8 March – long life to women!

For the women’s day – that should be all year long – a cartoons’ homage. thanks to FansBlog and to all the authors.

Competition “The art of resistance” – vote for the best cartoon

“The Art of resistance”, the competition opened by Cartoon Movement (see Libex’s post of December 18, 2017) comes to its end. The closing of the participation was February 23rd. More than 300 cartoons arrived, and the jury’s work will be very difficult, given the quality of the participants. You can contribute to the selection of […]

Tunisia blows hot and cold on freedom of expression

Unions of Tunisian imams lose their case against the Shams Association for the Defense of Homosexuals The court of first instance of Tunis rejected on January 15th  the request of the Trade Union Council of Iman (CSNI) to stop of the broadcast of the webradio Shams Rad, created in December 2016 by the association Shams, […]

The Winners of “Prix Mémorial” 2018

For its first edition the Prix Mémorial, “United Sketches” International, received 934 drawings from seventy-six countries. Two awards for press cartoons and human rights were awarded on February 11, 2018. The International Cartoon Award for Human Rights [3000 Euros] was awarded to Jiho (France). The International jury composed of Kianoush Ramezani [President], Stéphane Grimaldi, Pascal Lemaître, Carolin Olivier, Patrick Nicolle.The winner cartoon was published in Marianne, […]

Turkey, once again, fight against freedom of press

  Libex publish the Reporter Without Boarders communiqué, condividing fully the content: Turkish court sentences three journalists to life imprisonment Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled by the sentences of life imprisonment with no possibility of a pardon that an Istanbul court passed on three well-known journalists today, in what has been a terrible day […]

Freedom indexes, but which liberties?

For the third consecutive year, the Cato Institute in the United States, the Fraser Institute in Canada – two “think-tanks” of the libertarian right and the liberal institute of the Friedrich-Naumann Foundation in Germany – publish their “Human freedom Index 2017” which paints a comprehensive picture of individual, civil and economic liberties in the world. […]

Welcome in Italy to Erdogan, freedom protector

Monday, February 5, Turkish President  Erdogan is on an official visit to Rome, to encounter Pope Francis, President Mattarella, Prime Minister Gentiloni and above all a delegation of Italian businessmen. With him, an escort of 54 armed agents, a small armoured car with a canon to travel in Rome, while Italy mobilized 3,500 men to […]

Advertising, religion and freedom of expression

In its judgement of the case Sekmadienitis Ltd v. Lithuania (n ° 69317/14), of 31 January 2018, The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), unanimously decided, that Lithuania had violated article 10 (right to freedom of expression) of the European Convention of Human rights. It provoked negative reaction in Italy, specifically from the LEGA, which […]

Beyond the evil and the inhuman

January 27 – day of memory. Testimony of Simone Veil Simone Veil was deported when she was 16 with her family, in 1944. She was transferred to different camps including Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen. She and her sister are the only survivors. When she returned from the camps, she studied at the Faculty of Law and […]

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