Egyptian cartoonist jailed over critical cartoons
In July, Ashraf Omar, the cartoonist for the independent Al-Manassa news platform in Egypt, submitted cartoons about Egypt's economic crisis and energy and infrastructure problems. Days later, on July 22, Omar was taken from his home by plainclothes police personnel.
After the police denied any knowledge of his whereabouts for three days, it was confirme…
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