Cartoonists Rights Network International

Cartoonists Rights Network InternationalFounder| Robert Russell

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Focus| Protecting the human rights and creative freedom of social and editorial cartoonists
Origins| 1999

Key people

| Terry Anderson, executive director; Matt Wuerker president; board members including Nikahang Kowsar, John Lent (Temple University), Joel Pett, Cynthia P. Schneider (Georgetown University)
Revenue| Public donations
Website| www.cartoonistsrights.org

Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI) is a non-profit organisation created in 1999 in the United States by Dr. Robert "Bro" Russell. It looks to protect the human rights and creative freedom of social and editorial cartoonists.

CRNI "envisions a world where cartoonists are free from persecution and able to use their creativity as a powerful tool for communication" and "CRNI strengthens the interconnectedness of cartoonists around the world, campaigns to protect their human rights and defends those threatened as a result of their work."[1]

## Robert Russell Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award

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Since its foundation in 1999, CRNI has presented a $1000 annual Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award "to a cartoonist who is in great danger or has demonstrated exceptional courage in the exercise of free speech rights, or both".[2] The award was named after CRNI's founder Robert Russell on its retirement in 2019.[3]

### Laureates

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Year | Laureate | Country

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1999 | Doğan Güzel | Turkey
2000 | Essam Hanafy | Egypt
2001 | Nikahang Kowsar | Iran
2002 | Nyemb Popoli [fr] | Cameroon
2003 | no laureate
2004 | Tony Namate | Zimbabwe
2005 | Musa Kart [tr] | Turkey
2006 | Ali Dilem | Algeria
« The Twelve Danish Cartoonists » | Denmark
2007 | Zapiro | South Africa
2008 | Baha Boukhari | Palestine
2009 | Mario Robles Patiño | Mexico
2010 | Mana Neyestani | Iran
2011 | Zunar | Malaysia
2012 | Aseem Trivedi | India
Ali Ferzat | Syria
2013 | Akram Raslan | Syria
2014 | Kanika Mishra | India
Majda Shaheen | Palestine
2015 | Atena Farghadani | Iran
2016 | Eaten Fish | Iran
2017 | Ramón Esono Ebalé | Equatorial Guinea[4]
2018 | Pedro X. Molina | Nicaragua
2019 | Badiucao | China
2020 | Ahmed Kabir Kishore | Bangladesh

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## References

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1. ^ "Mission Statement". May 4, 2021.
2. ^ "The Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award | CARTOONISTS RIGHTS". cartoonistsrights.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-10.
3. ^ "Robert Russell retires, award named in his honor". October 1, 2019.
4. ^ article|périodique=Washington post|auteur=Michael Cavna|date=6 novembre 2017|titre=An imprisoned West African graphic novelist received the Courage in Cartooning award. Will it help?
5. ^ "Award for Courage in Editorial Cartooning Winners". CARTOONISTS RIGHTS NETWORK INTERNATIONAL.

## External links

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* Official website

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