Against the Misuse of the ICCPR Act: Protest and Activism by Sri Lankan Political Cartoonists

  • Vihanga Perera

Abstract


This paper investigates the work of three cartoonists – Awantha Artigala, Gihan de Chickera, and Shanika Somathilake – in response to the misuse of the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) Act by the Sri Lankan police in a series of arrests between April and May 2019.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.30.4475
Black Lives Matter Protest. Photo by Mike Von on Unsplash
Published
21-Jul-2020
How to Cite
Perera, Vihanga. 2020. “Against the Misuse of the ICCPR Act: Protest and Activism by Sri Lankan Political Cartoonists”. FORUM: University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Journal of Culture & The Arts, no. 30 (July). https://doi.org/10.2218/forum.30.4475.
Issue
No 30 (2020): Creative Resistance
Section
Articles

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