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...

Patrick Chappatte attended the World Economic Forum in Davos in January 2026 to represent our foundation. It was an extraordinary edition, marked by transatlantic tensions over Greenland, which he recounted in a comic strip published in Le Temps on 1 February. His...

A discreet but decisive mobilisation saved an Afghan cartoonist and his family, who were under threat while in exile in Pakistan. The operation was carried out jointly with Cartooning Rights Network and Artists at Risk Connection – ARC, two partners committed to...

Given the current global geopolitical situation, it’s difficult to find hopeful and joyful words, so let’s stick to the basics: happy holidays from the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation! Cartoon: Filippo Gander, Freedom Cartoonists Foundation

The screening and discussion around US editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes, moderated by Patrick Chappatte and organized by the Foundation last May at the Grütli cinemas in Geneva, in partnership with Le Temps newspaper, was not only a great public success (two full...

The Chair of the Geneva Bar Association, Maître Sandrine Giroud, took the initiative to involve the Foundation in the celebrations of the Association’s 130th anniversary. She invited Patrick Chappatte to create an exclusive cartoon to illustrate the book dedicated to...

The Foundation collaborated with the Caux Democracy Forum 2025, themed “Revitalizing Democracy – Towards Inclusive and Peaceful Societies Across Europe and the World,” which brought together over 350 participants from more than 45 countries. At the Forum’s invitation,...