How Dictators Use Zombie Election Monitors To Stay In Power
Hungry for legitimacy, authoritarians want to eat your votes.
Hungry for legitimacy, authoritarians want to eat your votes.
Political cartoons are a powerful tool for breaking down society’s complex issues and conflicts. Because of this power, political cartoonists are very often on the frontlines of censorship and repression by governments and authoritarian regimes. This is the case for Pakistani cartoonist Sabir Nazar, who is tasked with the job of illustrating the challenges in one of the world’s most dangerous places to be a journalist. Nazar will present some of his work in a public forum in Washington, DC on July 23, 2014.
Hungry for legitimacy, authoritarians want to eat your votes.