“Indian police Monday questioned a cartoonist on charges of sedition over a series of cartoons which lampooned the government’s corruption record, including one that depicted parliament as a giant toilet bowl. The arrest of Aseem Trivedi, a freelance artist, triggered widespread condemnation from media and anti-graft activists who said it was evidence of a lack of respect for freedom of expression.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/10/indian-cartoonist-held-on-sedition-charges/
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