SRINAGAR: A Kashmiri artist on Tuesday accused Facebook of pulling down a cartoon marking the third anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Gurus execution.
The cartoon depicts roots growing out of Afzal Gurus grave in Tihar jail and connecting to roots of a large tree named Kashmir. Guru, who was from Baramulla district, was hanged at the jail in 2013 for his role in the 2001 Parliament attack.
The artist, Mir Suhail Qadri, said the cartoon was deleted from Facebook on Tuesday morning. The cartoon was first published in a Srinagar daily.
We remove any comments – posted by anyone – that praise or support terrorist groups or their actions, a Facebook spokesperson said.
Qadri, who posts his cartoons regularly on a FB page titled Mir Suhail, said he realised at around 11 am that the Guru cartoon he had posted an hour earlier was removed.
The artist said he found a message from Facebook, We removed something you posted with the image of his post containing the Guru cartoon.
He said FB has also blocked him from posting new cartoons on his page.
The incident shows how fragile freedom of expression is in India. I know that in a community many people dont like my cartoons, but things getting deleted is just not acceptable, Qadri said.
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