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In this week’s featured cartoon, Italian cartoonist Emanuele Del Rosso takes a dig at the Chinese government as several nations announced diplomatic boycotts of the ongoing Winter Olympics in Beijing, amid allegations of human rights abuses.
Brazilian cartoonist Carlos Latuff hits out at the United States government, after US ambassador to Israel Tom Nides said that an Amnesty International report’s accusation against Israel of apartheid, was “absurd”.
Adam Zyglis draws a parallel between the Joe Biden administration’s allegations that Russia will “fabricate a pretext” to invade Ukraine and former President George W. Bush’s “false pretenses” against Iraq prior to the US-led led war the country in 2003.
Dave Brown takes a swipe at United Kingdom PM Boris Johnson, in light of his remarks on Monday that Labour Party leader Keir Starmer failed to prosecute sex offender Jimmy Savile during Starmer’s tenure as director of public prosecutions. Johnson’s top policy aide Munira Mirza resigned Friday after the controversy over his remarks.
Canadian cartoonist Hugo Nemet illustrates the Ottawa Police’s “surge and contain” strategy as a response to the ongoing protests led by truck drivers against Canada’s Covid-19 vaccination mandates.