We celebrated freedom of the press and editorial cartooning
with the Nobel Peace Prize LaureatesWe celebrated freedom of the press and editorial cartooning
with the Nobel Peace Prize LaureatesOn May 3, 2022 in Geneva, at the Graduate Institute
On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2022, and the awarding of the 2022 International Editorial Cartoon Award, the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva invited the public to an exceptional event: a conference by the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners, journalists Maria Ressa, founder of the news website Rappler in the Philippines, and Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta in Moscow. They presented the “Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award” 2022 by the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation to our laureates, Gábor Pápai of Hungary and Vladimir Kazanevsky of Ukraine.a
Speakers included: Michelle Bachelet, UN High-Commissioner for Human Rights, Simonetta Sommaruga, Swiss Minister for Environment, Transport, Energy and Communication, Sami Kanaan, Minister of Culture of the city of Geneva, and Patrick Chappatte, Editorial Cartoonist and President of the Foundation.
Maria Ressa
“This is an existential moment for democracy”
Dmitry Muratov
“Without free media there’s no future”
Simonetta Sommaruga
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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 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.
2019
Davos Edition
In January 2019 The World Economic Forum asked our Foundation to present the work of editorial cartoonists from all over the world in Davos. Related panels were organized at the Annual Meeting.
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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...
Press release – Freedom Cartoonists Foundation & Cartoonists Rights Network International announce their new international cartoon award partnership.
“The Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award” given by FCF will alternate with CRNI’s “Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award”. This initiative will be launched on World Press Freedom Day 2022 in Geneva, Switzerland, in presence of the Nobel Peace Prize laureates,...
Press release — Freedom Cartoonists committed to free speech
Geneva, October 27, 2020 - Ten years after its creation in Geneva, the Swiss Foundation "Cartooning for Peace", whose honorary chairman was Nobel peace laureate Kofi Annan, changes its name and reaffirms its action in favour of freedom of expression for cartoonists...
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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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