By Daryl Cagle - Aug 27, 2020 12:29 pm
My friend and longtime CagleCartoonist Emad Hajjaj was arrested Wednesday in his home country of Jordan. He is charged with the "cybercrime" of "insulting an Arab country" and faces up to five years in prison for drawing an "offensive" cartoon criticizing the leader of the of the United Arab Emirates. Emad was arrested five hours after posting the cartoon to his newspaper site. Read more about what the cartoons means, and Emad's arrest on my blog.... Finish reading in browser »
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My friend and longtime CagleCartoonist Emad Hajjaj was arrested Wednesday in his home country of Jordan. He is charged with the "cybercrime" of "insulting an Arab country" and faces up to five years in prison for drawing an "offensive" cartoon criticizing the leader of the of the United Arab Emirates. Emad was arrested five hours after posting the cartoon to his newspaper site. Read more about what the cartoons means, and Emad's arrest on my blog.... 
