Cartoon Campaign for Freedom explained

Cartoon Campaign for Freedom
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Purpose:Political campaign
Owner:United Sketches

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]

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]

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  1. Web site: Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmmaker. www.iranhumanrights.org. 2017-06-23. "Center for Human Rights in Iran".
  2. Web site: Iran: Tortured filmmaker and musicians face imminent arrest amid crackdown on artists. www.amnesty.org. en. 2017-06-23.
  3. News: Draw for Iranian Imprisoned Musician Mehdi Rajabian. 2017-02-12. 2017-06-23. en-US.
  4. Web site: Editorial cartoons. Medina. Daniel. 2017-02-21. IPF. 2017-06-25.
  5. News: Iran: Imprisoned musician’s health deteriorating. 2016-12-05. Artsfreedom. 2017-06-25. en-US.
  6. Web site: A jailed Iranian musician texts from his hospital bed: Don’t forget me. Washington Post. 2017-06-23.
  7. Web site: Call on Iranian authorities to drop charges on two musicians and a filmamaker. January 2016. pen-international.org. Pen International. 2017-06-23. 2017-05-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20170510083313/http://www.pen-international.org/01/2016/call-on-iranian-authorities-to-drop-charges-on-two-musicians-and-a-filmmaker/?print=print. dead.
  8. News: Film-maker and two musicians face three years prison in Iran. Dehghan. Saeed Kamali. 2016-03-24. The Guardian. 2017-06-23. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  9. Web site: Tricked Into Ending Hunger Strike, Imprisoned Music Distributors Resume Quest for Justice – Center for Human Rights in Iran. www.iranhumanrights.org. 2017-06-23.
  10. News: Draw for Iranian Imprisoned Musician Mehdi Rajabian. 2017-02-12. UNITED SKETCHES. 2017-06-23. en-US.
  11. Web site: Cartoon Movement. www.cartoonmovement.com. en. 2017-06-23.
  12. Web site: Editorial cartoons. Medina. Daniel. 2017-02-21. IPF. 2017-06-25.
  13. News: Iran: Imprisoned musician’s health deteriorating. 2016-12-05. Artsfreedom. 2017-06-25. en-US.