Cartoonist Musa Kart has been put back into prison for a fake crime he did not commit

From the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists:

Cartoonist Musa Kart has been put back into prison for a fake crime he did not commit. Cartoonists around the world are revisiting their cartoons drawn in support—and Musa Kart's public statements—from the time of his 2017 trial in Turkey.

From Cartoonists Rights Network International:

CRNI categorically condemns the unjust criminal prosecution of @MusaKart. His imprisonment is the climax of a 15 year campaign of intimidation & persecution by President Recep Erdoğan who has long harboured enmity toward critical press & media.

Musa Kart April 25, 2019:

“I believe people will see the injustice that is being done here. Several brave reporters have recently summarised what’s happening in Turkey: people who punch the leader of a major political party are permitted to go free while those who draw cartoons or report the news are put in prison. We look forward to the day when journalists need not make proclamations such as these in front of prison gates.”

More here. 


Related: Musa Kart's friend, the columnist Yılmaz Özdil, has written an appreciation and places the event of imprisonment for editorial cartoons in historic context.