Dmitry Muratov (Peace Nobel Price), Gabor Papaï (cartoonist laureate), Patrick Chappatte (Freedom Cartoonists Foundation’s President), Marie Heuzé (Freedom Cartoonists Foundation’s Vice President), Vladimir Kazanevsky (cartoonist laureate), Maria Ressa (Peace Nobel Price).
The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation (Formerly: Swiss Foundation Cartooning for Peace) supports professional editorial cartooning as an essential part of civic debate. We stand for a free press as a pillar of democracy and of which political cartoons are a vital element. Through our actions, we defend freedom of speech in a spirit of dialogue.
The Foundation pursues its mission through two main activities: the biennial International Cartoonist Award, accompanied by a cartoon exhibition, and the Support Fund for threatened editorial cartoonists. We also organize educational projects aimed at fostering creativity, tolerance and an understanding of human rights.
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The Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award
by the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva
2022 Award
Vladimir Kazanevsky, Ukraine
Gábor Pápai, Hungary
The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation, which defends freedom of expression in a spirit of dialogue, and
the City of Geneva award their 2022 International Prize to European cartoonists Vladimir Kazanevsky (Ukraine) and Gábor Pápai (Hungary).
Jury : Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch (president), Sami Kanaan, City of Geneva and cartoonists Ann Telnaes (USA), Kak (France) and Chappatte (Switzerland).
2018 Award
Musa Kart, Turkey
Musa Kart is the recipient of our fourth International Cartoonist Award. Kofi Annan, Nobel Prize laureate and Honorary Chair of our Foundation, wrote: “Musa Kart and his colleagues confront us with our own responsibility to preserve freedom of expression, to act in support of their struggle and to provide assistance to those who are deprived of expressing themselves through their art and risk years of imprisonment for their drawings. The Turkish cartoonist was prevented from traveling to Geneva. His wife received the Award in his name in Geneva, on May 3, 2018.
The Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award
by our partner • Cartoonists Rights
2023 Award
Abecor, Bolivia
This year, the 2023 international cartoon prize is presented by our US partner organization Cartoonists Rights. Their Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award goes to Abecor, cartoonist with the newspaper “Página Siete” in Bolivia. The announcement was made at a ceremony at the National Press Club in Washington DC. This award alternates every other year with our own Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award – a unique transatlantic partnership designed to honor the best of cartooning worldwide.
The International Cartoon Exhibition
by the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva
In collaboration with Association Cartooning for Peace, Paris
2022
International Exhibit
From May 1 to 31, 2022, on the shores of lake Geneva, an exhibition of editorial cartoonists from all over the world on current events: the war in Europe, Covid and climate emergency. You will also discover the works of the winners of our 2022 International Cartoon Award.
2021
Expo 360°
Gare aux dessins! is a condensed version of 30 years of press cartoons by Chappatte. With special guest, the Palestinian cartoonist Hani Abbas. And as a bonus, an overview of the threats to political cartoons in the world illustrated by the cases of drawings that have caused controversy signed Muza Kart (Turkey), Zunar (Malaysia), Pedro Molina (Nicaragua), Ann Telnaes (USA), Xavier Gorce (France) and many others .
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When cartoons upset Indian nationalists
By Patrick Chappatte, in "Le Temps"Research and documentation : Freedom Cartoonists Cartoon by Chappatte in Der Spiegel, Germany, on Chappatte.com At the end of April, one of my cartoons published in German magazine Der Spiegel caused quite a stir in...
Alert Iran – Atena Farghadani
Following widespread press reports of the arrest and detention of Iranian artist, activist and cartoonist Atena Farghadani in Tehran on June 7th 2023, CARTOONISTS RIGHTS, Cartooning For Peace, and the FREEDOM CARTOONISTS Foundation call for prosecutors in the Islamic...
Robert Russel Courage in Cartooning Award 2023 – ABECOR
CARTOONISTS RIGHTS presents the Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award to Abel Bellido Córdova – ABECOR – of the Página Siete news outlet in Bolivia. We acknowledge our partner – the FREEDOM CARTOONISTS Foundation – and their support in delivery of this work. Our...
Press release – Winners of the 2022 « Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award »
The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva are pleased to announce the winners of the 2022 « Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award » The Award, first established in 2012 with a ceremony held every two years in Geneva, celebrates the talent and courage...
Press release – Genève célèbre la liberté de la presse et le dessin de presse avec les Prix Nobel de la Paix 2021
La Freedom Cartoonists Foundation et la Ville de Genève ont le plaisir d’annoncer une journée exceptionnelle dédiée à la liberté des médias et du dessin de presse mardi 3 mai 2022, en présence des Prix nobel de la Paix 2021, Madame Maria Ressa et Monsieur Dmitry...
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“Maison du dessin de presse: rétrospective 2022 et guerre en Ukraine” – Swissinfo
Radio Lac: Genève, Deux dessinateurs ukrainiens et hongrois récompensés du prix international du dessin de presse
*Soixante dessins de presse font claquer l’étendard de la liberté d’expression” – Tribune de Genève
FCF on the Artists at Risk Connection website
” Un prix récompense le dessinateur de presse ukrainien Vladimir Kazanevsky” – RTS, Téléjournal
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