Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani sentenced to 6 years in prison

The Forum for Humor and the Law has joined Cartooning for Peace, Cartoonists Rights and other organizations in calling for the immediate release of Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani, who was sentenced to a total of six years in prison for “insulting the sacred” and “propaganda against the State”. This sentence was handed down by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Revolutionary Court on Monday, June 10.

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