Today marks a sad day for freedom of expression. It is the one-year anniversary of the unlawful arrest and \u201cpre-trial detention\u201d of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar.<\/p>\n
On July 22nd, 2024, a Cairo activist, cartoonist, and translator named Ashraf Omar was taken from his home by plainclothes officers. Forty-eight hours elapsed before there was any official acknowledgment of his arrest or confirmation of his wellbeing or location.<\/p>\n
Today marks a sad day for freedom of expression. It is the one-year anniversary of the unlawful arrest and \u201cpre-trial detention\u201d of Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar. On July […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":53068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[64,426,51,473,57,427,271,428,56,429,63,124,136,433,228,488],"class_list":["post-56845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cartoonists","tag-cartooning-for-peace-en","tag-cartooning-for-peace-en-2","tag-cartoonist","tag-cartoonist-2-en","tag-dessin-de-presse","tag-dessin-de-presse-2-en","tag-dessinateur-de-presse-en","tag-dessinateur-de-presse-en-2","tag-dessinateurs-de-presse","tag-dessinateurs-de-presse-2-en","tag-editorial-cartoonists","tag-freedom-of-expression","tag-freedom-of-speech","tag-liberte-dexpression-en-2","tag-liberte-dexpression-en","tag-plaidoyer-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t