Alert dated 16 June 2026
The Russian artist and cartoonist Semyon Skrepetsky, also known as Simon Skrepetski, was shot dead in the street on Monday 15 June in Biała Podlaska in eastern Poland, near the border with Belarus.
Cartooning for Peace is calling for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Semyon Skrepetsky, whose tragic end reflects the price that no one should have to pay for criticising an autocrat.
