"I was immediately put in solitary confinement. My cell was as deep as a grave with very tall walls. It had no window and no toilet. It was infested with insects, and their stings irritated my skin." ...

Cartoonist and activist Atena Farghadani was ordered to serve 12 years and nine months for drawing a satirical cartoon of Iran’s supreme leader in 2015, and later faced separate “indecency charges” ...

Today, Iranian cartoonist Atena Farghadani was released from jail after spending over a year in Tehran’s Evin Prison for her satirical drawing of Iran’s policymakers as animals. The news, which ...

The Iranian artist and activist Atena Farghadani has been sentenced to six years in prison in her home country, a move condemned by human rights organisations. In April, Farghadani was arrested by ...

An Iranian woman sentenced to more than 12 years in prison for drawing satirical cartoons of politicians is now facing new charges - for shaking a man's hand. Artist Atena Farghadani, 29, is currently ...

We are dismayed to learn that the Iranian activist, artist, and cartoonist Atena Farghadani has been sentenced to a total of six years in prison; five years for “insulting the sacred” and one year for ...