Updated: August 14, 2026 Jimmy "Spire" Ssentongo is a Ugandan scholar and cartoonist — and co-laureate of our 2026 Award. He was recently ordered by the Ugandan High Court to pay a huge fine or spend three months in jail, in what seems to be a political attack....

Updated: August 5, 2026 Safaa Odah is a Palestinian cartoonist living in Gaza. She was awarded our 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award last May, and the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation — along with its sister organisations Cartoonists Rights and Cartooning for...

Updated: June 17, 2026 Semyon Skrepetsky was a Russian cartoonist and opponent of the Putin regime. He was living in exile when he was shot dead in broad daylight in Biała Podlaska, eastern Poland. Authorities are investigating a targeted attack. His killing is a...