Police guard outside draws exhibition in Norway – VG

Police guard outside draws exhibition in Norway – VG

LONDON / OSLO (AP) Police stood guard with several patrols as an exhibition persecuted avistegnere opened in Stavanger on Thursday.

– With Based on events in Paris Wednesday, it is natural to have a guard here, says efforts leader, police officer John Øygard at Stavanger police.

The head of the exhibition stood in the middle of the run before an exhibition about persecuted, disappeared and imprisoned cartoonists when news of the deadly attack on satire magazine Charlie Hebdo came.

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Wednesday continues pursuit of the two terror suspects brothers outside France’s capital. The third suspect, 18 year old Hamyd Mourad, joined by a police late Wednesday, in Charleville-Mézières, near the border with Belgium. He claims to have an alibi.

Now exhibition in Stavanger become uncomfortable relevant.

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– persecution worldwide

– It is terrible and sad, but we are not surprised. Newspaper Subscribers pursued worldwide, says program director Elisabeth Dyvik organization ICORN – a network of cities that take care volatile avistegnere.

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She exhibits subscribers have disappeared and presumed killed in Syria, who have been imprisoned, fined and tortured for creating humorous and poignant satirical drawings of people in power and power abuse in the countries they come from.

– We have subscribers who are arrested, subscribers who have disappeared and draftsmen who have served prison sentences for humorous satirical drawings that they have created and published. Some have chosen to leave the country after colleagues have disappeared. We in Norway have given stay to three cartoonists from Sri Lanka, Syria and Somalia, after the situation has become untenable.

Brutally beaten up

She is not afraid of security around the exhibition – and leave this entirely to the management of the Culture Sølvberget – owned by Stavanger municipality. They in turn leave this to the police.

NOT AFRAID: Program Director Elisabeth Dyvik organization ICOR is confident that the Culture Sølvberget and police in maintaining security during the exhibition . Photo: HALLGEIR Vaage , VG

– The persecution is different in different countries. We look harassment from both politicians and religious groups. French Charlie Hebdo was attacked not only from Islamists, but actually also from Catholics. One of the cartoonists who dwells in Norway now, from Syria. He escaped after one of his draws colleagues were arrested and disappeared in Syrian prisons, and another colleague were brutally beaten up, my arm was broken and fingers broken.

Illustrators worldwide

Here are some of the applicants on the exhibition:

Molly Norris, draw, USA

Created in 2010 website “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day”. Was threatened with death by a US-Yemeni mullah, and given a new identity by the FBI, living in hiding.

Jiffry Yoonoos, draftsman, Sri Lanka:

Created in 1992 drawings that were critical of then President Ranasinghe Primada. Was beaten, stabbed and the house ransacked. Threatened to be killed if he still subscribed series that was critical of the president.

Mana Neyestani, Iran:

Had to leave the country after Having signed a cockroach who spoke a special dialect, this was perceived as insulting and led to demonstrations with demands to kill him. Now lives in exile.

Jonathan Shapiro, South Africa:

Threatened and sued by President Jacob Suma, who believed that his drawings injured his dignity and reputation.

Musa Kart, Turkey:

Was sued by Turkish Prime Minister and sentenced to a fine, but the Supreme Court overturned the verdict. A lower court acquitted Map because people in the public spotlight must withstand both praise and criticism.

Fadi Abou Hassan, Palestine:

Fled from Damascus in Syria in 2013 after having made a drawing illustrating hunger: drawing of a starving child in front of a bunch of empty plates. Arrested and tortured for having opposed the regime.

Abduallahi Mihiaddin, Somalia:

Original graffiti artist, later newspaper cartoonist, had flee because both rulers and rebels threatened him. Now lives in Norway.

Akram Raslan, Syria:

Status: disappeared. Was abducted from the office of the newspaper he worked for and have disappeared. Estimated killed.

HOLDER CALL: John Øygard, effort management and Sergeant at Stavanger police station, outside the Culture Sølvberget in Stavanger Thursday. Photo: HALLGEIR Vaage , VG