Mode of expression: Meme
Publication: Facebook page
Region: United States of America
Relevant dates: December 2020 (meme posted and removed); May 2021 (Meta Oversight Board decision)
Outcome: Oversight Board reverses Meta’s decision; meme is …
Mode of expression: Cartoon
Publication: Al-Araby
Region: Jordan
Relevant dates: 26 August 2020 – 23 December 2020
Outcome: All charges dropped
Judicial body: Public Prosecution Office
Type of law: Criminal law
Themes: Security/defamation/diplomacy
On 26 August …
Mode of expression: Cartoon(s)
Publication: Various books
Region: Malyasia
Relevant dates: 2010 – 2020
Outcome: All charges dropped
Judicial body: Malaysian Home Ministry
Type of law: Criminal law
Themes: Sedition/Satire
Zulkiflee bin SM Anwar Ulhaque (born …
Mode of expression: Press cartoon strip
Publication: West Australian Newspapers Ltd
Region: Australasia (Australia)
Relevant dates: 6 September 1997 (publication), 6 February 2004 (final decision)
Outcome: Newspaper is acquitted; Bropho’s appeal dismissed.
Judicial body: Federal Court of Australia
Type of law:…
Mode of expression: Cartoon
Publication: Ekaitza (weekly magazine, French Basque Country)
Region: Europe (France)
Relevant dates: September 2001 (publication), October 2008 (final decision)
Outcome: Fine of €1,500 for both the cartoonist and the director of the magazine…
Mode of expression: Cartoon
Publication: LeMan
Region: Turkey
Relevant dates: 25 November 2020 – present
Outcome: Pending
Judicial body: 2nd Istanbul District Court
Type of law: Civil law
Themes: Public Morals
On 25 November 2020, the …
Mode of expression: Cartoon
Publication: Népszava
Region: Hungary
Relevant dates: 28 April 2020 – present
Outcome: Pending (case communicated to the European Court of Human Rights)
Judicial body: Budapest Metropolitan Court, Hungarian Supreme Court, ECHR
Type of law: Civil law…
Mode of expression: Advertising Campaign
Publication: Advertising hoardings and company website
Region: Lithuania, Europe
Relevant dates: September 2012 (publication); 30 January 2018 (final decision)
Outcome: ECtHR overturns fine against advertising company
Judicial body: European Court of Human Rights
Type of …
Mode of expression: Caricature
Publication: Singlesheet print, etching
Region: Great Britain
Relevant dates: 9 January 1796 (publication); late January 1796 (arrests)
Outcome: warning; prosecution abandoned
Judicial body: not applicable
Type of law: Blasphemy
Themes: Religion, Defamation, Royal Family, Satire
Mode of expression: Cartoon
Publication: Online (Twitter)
Region: South East Asia (Malaysia)
Relevant dates: October 2020 (publication of the cartoon), March 2021 (start of the investigation), August 2022 (DNAA issued)
Outcome: Fahmi Reza was discharged, but not acquitted…