Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Voice of America: Indian Cartoonist Free on Bail

Voice of America
Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries
Indian Cartoonist Free on Bail
Sep 12th 2012, 12:59

A political cartoonist has been released after being jailed on sedition charges for drawings that mocked corruption in India's government. Aseem Trivedi left a prison in Mumbai Wednesday after a local high court granted him bail. Trivedi was arrested last week after a private complaint about his cartoons, one of which depicted India's parliament building as a toilet bowl.  His arrest rekindled debate on freedom of speech in India, where activists have accused the government of ...

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