Cartoon Campaign for Freedom is a campaign started in 2016 by the French organisation United Sketches for the freedom of Mehdi Rajabian, the artist and musician who was sentenced to three years imprisonment for his artistic activities.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Purpose | Political campaign |
|---|---|
| Owner | United Sketches |
The campaign invited cartoonists from around the world to draw a cartoon in support of Rajabian and to picture their time in Evin Prison. Some well-known and prominent artists and cartoonists joined the campaign, including the Russian cartoonist Victor Bogorad.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]
References edit
- ^ "Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmmaker". www.iranhumanrights.org. "Center for Human Rights in Iran". Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists". www.amnesty.org. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Draw for Iranian Imprisoned Musician Mehdi Rajabian". 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ Medina, Daniel (2017-02-21). "Editorial cartoons". IPF. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ "Iran: Imprisoned musician's health deteriorating". Artsfreedom. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2017-06-25.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "A jailed Iranian musician texts from his hospital bed: Don't forget me". Washington Post. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmamaker". pen-international.org. Pen International. January 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ Dehghan, Saeed Kamali (2016-03-24). "Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Tricked Into Ending Hunger Strike, Imprisoned Music Distributors Resume Quest for Justice – Center for Human Rights in Iran". www.iranhumanrights.org. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Draw for Iranian Imprisoned Musician Mehdi Rajabian". UNITED SKETCHES. 2017-02-12. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ "Cartoon Movement". www.cartoonmovement.com. Retrieved 2017-06-23.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Medina, Daniel (2017-02-21). "Editorial cartoons". IPF. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
- ^ "Iran: Imprisoned musician's health deteriorating". Artsfreedom. 2016-12-05. Retrieved 2017-06-25.[permanent dead link]
External links edit
- United Sketches
- Cartoon Movement[permanent dead link]
- PEN International Archived 2017-05-10 at the Wayback Machine
- washington post
- Amnesty campaign
- Music free day Archived 2017-08-22 at the Wayback Machine