Nominations Open for Courage in Cartooning Award
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Cartoonist Rights has announced they are now taking nominations for the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award. The award recognizes a cartoonist’s exemplary bravery while facing threats to their human rights.
Requirements for nomination include cartoonists who have encountered one or more of the following problems during the last twelve months:
- Physical violence, or the threat of violence, to self or family
- Criminalization e.g. charges of sedition, obscenity, support of terrorism etcetera
- Arrest, detention or imprisonment by police, military personnel or other agencies of state
- Forced displacement from home
- Censorship
- Vexatious litigation (“SLAPP” suits)
- Online harassment e.g. hacking, DDoS attacks, mass trolling etcetera
- Verbal or physical abuse or intimidation based on age, gender, race or sexual orientation
The cut-off date for nominations is Monday, February 10th. Instructions for submitting a cartoonist can be found on their website.
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