'Cartooning for #PressFreedom’ exhibition opens on 8 December in The Hague

The temporary exhibition ‘Cartooning for #PressFreedom’ will open at Sound and Vision Media Museum in The Hague, on Tuesday 8 December 2020. The exhibition is being organised in honour of the World Press Freedom Conference. The last day of the exhibition will be Sunday 28 February 2021.

Keyvan Varesi winning cartoon
‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’, by Keyvan Varesi (Iran), winner of the World Press Freedom Cartoon Competition.

International cartoon competition

In connection with WPFC 2020, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with Cartoon Movement and Cartooning for Peace organised an international cartoon competition. Over 600 submissions were received. A panel of renowned cartoonists selected 10 winners. All cartoons are on the subject of ‘Journalism without fear or favour’, the theme of the conference. The winning cartoons will be on show both physically (at Sound and Vision Media Museum in The Hague) and digitally (via the online platform of the conference).