Save your Voice

1 results arranged by date

Aseem Trivedi shouts slogans as he is escorted by police outside court. (Reuters)

Indian cartoonist jailed for images criticizing government

New York, September 10, 2012–Indian authorities should immediately drop all of the charges against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and release him from detention, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.Police in Maharashtra state arrested Trivedi, a 25-year-old freelancer from India’s central Uttar Pradesh state, on Saturday, according to news reports. The cartoonist faces charges of sedition,…

Read More ›