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This one's great, Israeli Nuke cartoon

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Cypriot cartoonist sued and prevented from receiving awards (1989-96)
http://www.wittyworld.com/countries/cyprus.html

Hüseyin Chakmak won two prestigious awards at the Bordighera International Salon of Humor in 1989, the Council of Europe Prize and the famed Golden Palm. Many years have passed, however, without a single opportunity for the cartoonist to receive them. In 1996, once again, an attempt to deliver his awards has failed. On April 24, the Denktash regime stopped Turkish Cypriot cartoonists trying to enter the free sector of Nicosia to attend the opening ceremony of a joint Greek-Turkish cartoon exhibition.

The exhibition site was supposed to serve as the locale for presenting the two awards to Chakmak, but he was denied access to the show. Cesare Perfetto, founder of the well known Sanremo cartoon festival (previously held in Bordighera), was also blocked from entry.

Chakmak first was barred from receiving his awards in 1989, when the then Eroglu government prevented a telegram from reaching him. At the time, a political cartoon drawn by Chakmak and critical of the local regime's oppression and servitude towards Eroglu, angered the prime minister and prompted his officials to bring a lawsuit against the cartoonist. The case had been dragged on for seven years, and the government, thinking that the awards might influence the court in favor of the cartoonist, kept the news from becoming public.

When Chakmak was denied entry to the 1996 show and award ceremony situated in the International Press Center in the buffer zone between the two communities, the organizers of the event together with Cesare Perfetto and a group of Greek cartoonists, went to a control point to meet Chakmak and present him the awards. Police, however, interfered, barring the attempt and telling the cartoonists that the presentation was not allowed to take place.

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Details of many other Turkish Cartoonists who have been jailed/tortured/killed for their art.

http://www.wittyworld.com/countries/turkey.html

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Cypriot cartoonist sued and prevented from receiving awards (1989-96)
http://www.wittyworld.com/countries/cyprus.html

the Denktash regime stopped Turkish Cypriot cartoonists trying to enter the free sector of Nicosia to attend the opening ceremony of a joint Greek-Turkish cartoon exhibition.

What a shame.

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Yes it is a shame. Political cartoonists from other countries have suffered for their art too but here we are talking specifically about CYPROB political cartoons.

Political cartoons, with their symbolism, caricatures and satirical slant, usually reflect popular opinion on public issues that both those who do and those who don't read the news in depth can relate to and usually show a good understanding of the issues being portrayed.