This year the winner of CRNI’s award is cartoonist and activist Ramón Esono Ebalé who is currently in detention in Equatorial Guinea. His work has been very critical of the current regime and he was arrested during a visit back to his home country from Paraguay where he currently lives.
The award was made at the annual convention of AAEC (The American Association of Editorial Cartoonists) in New York. In Ramón’s absence the honour was accepted by his wife Eloisa Vaello Marco.
The presentation by CRNI’s Matt Wuerker to Ramón’s wife and daughter.
CRNI together with EJ Justice and other International organisations are launching a hashtag campaign for Ramón on 6th November. Cartoonists and artists around the world are invited to create artwork in support of Ramón and post it with #FreeNseRamon. Selected work will be shown on the EG Justice website where you can also find more details.
Submission by PCO’s © Steve Jones
illustration © Ramón Esono Ebalé
Ramón works under the name Jamón y Queso (Ham & Cheese). Some of his work can be seen here.