Thursday, June 11, 2015

Her crimes? Drawing cartoons!




At a time when Western policy toward Iran has been narrowly focused on an ostensibly pragmatic approach to curtailing the regime’s nuclear weapons program, a 29 year old Iranian artist and activist, was sentenced to 14 years in prison by the judiciary of the Islamic Republic. Her crimes? Drawing political cartoons that criticized the supporters of anti-woman legislation.





further information: WOMAN SENTENCED 14 YEARS IN PRISON FOR DRAWING POLITICAL

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