International - Palestinian cartoonist awarded CRNI's 2008 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award

Source: Cartoonists Rights Network (CRN) Person(s): Bahaa Boukhari ( Al-Boukhari ) Urgency: Bulletin (CRNI/IFEX) - The following is a CRNI press release: CRNI announces annual award winner June 19, 2008, Burke, Virginia - Today, Cartoonists Rights Network International announced the winner of its 2008 Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award: Bahaa Boukhari, a Palestinian. CRNI, the only international organization devoted to defending the human rights of cartoonists imperiled because of their work, will present the award to Boukhari at its annual dinner on June 26. The dinner is to be held at the Hotel Contessa in San Antonio, Texas. A group of cartoonists deemed the Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award the "Nobel Prize" of the cartooning world several years ago. Every year, CRNI recognizes a cartoonist who has shown exemplary... [read full story]