Dialogue with Zunar, the controversial Malaysian political cartoonist

Name: Dialogue with Zunar, the controversial Malaysian political cartoonist
Start: 2014-01-29T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2014-01-29T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 450K

Date and Time

Jan 29, 2014 6:00 pm

Location

450K

450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001

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Description:

Zunar is Malaysian political cartoonist. He uses his drawing pen as a weapon to fight state corruption and abuse of power. Â He was arrested and detained under the Sedition Act, seven of his cartoon books had been banned by the government, his office has been raided twice, the printing factories are constantly raided and vendors are often warned not to sell his books.Â

Zunar is theÂ recipientÂ of 2011 "Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award" by the CartoonistÂ Rights Network International, Washington".

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