On Wednesday 14 February 2024, Kak, President of Cartooning for Peace, appeared before the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights to discuss the situation of press cartoonists under threat around the world and to present the report “Cartoonists on the line”, published in November 2023, alongside Terry Anderson, Executive Director of Cartoonists Rights, the report’s partner.
The presentation of the report was followed by a question and answer session with MEPs, who focused mainly on the specific nature of press cartoonists vis-à-vis journalists, particularly in terms of protection, the emergence of new challenges with the arrival of artificial intelligence, and the decline in the number of professional press cartoonists worldwide.
For more information: European Parliament resolution on the “Protection of journalists around the world and the European Union’s policy on the matter”, July 2023
