AUSTRALIA A parallel between Naci and Israeli policies is rejected by the editor of Melbourne's popular daily (2002) The number one Melbourne morning paper 'The Age refused to print a drawing by its popular cartoonist Michael Leunig, because (according to its editor Michael Gawenda) it was 'inappropriate' and 'offensive to all readers.' Consequently the cartoon surfaced in the critical television program 'Mediawatch' (www.abc.net.au/mediawatch). The two-frame cartoon shows two parallel lies, namely the notorious concentration-camp slogan 'Work brings Freedom' (Arbeit macht frei) and 'War brings Peace.' Michael Leunig, denying that the cartoon is anti-semitic, said: 'I think Michael Gawenda just didn't get it. I think the drawing is sympathetic to all Jews who ever suffered but sympathy is not always expressed with sugar.' A survey found that 85% of the Australian population felt that the cartoon should have been published.

SUPPRESSION INCIDENTS BY COUNTRY ALGERIA Flag mockery (1996) - Artist forced to go underground (1995-96) - Cartoonist murdered (1995) ARGENTINA Cartoonist abducted, beaten, intimidated (1996) - Cartoonist murdered (1970s) BOSNIA Cartoon show blown up along with spectators (1992) CAMBODIA Prohibition of animal depiction in symbolizing politicians (1994) CHINA Cartoonist fired over his strip (1995) - Comic book sparks riots (1992) CROATIA Repressive law is basis for trial of satirical newsweekly (1996) CYPRUS Cartoonist sued and prevented from receiving awards (1989-96) EGYPT Law curtails freedom of expression (1995) ENGLAND Veteran Palestinian political cartoonist assassinated in exile (1987) INDIA Activists storm exhibition (1994) - Editor arrested over a cartoon (1987) IRAN Cartoonist gets ten years for a cartoon resembling the late Ayatollah Khomeini (1992-93) ISRAEL Palestinaian cartoonist gets it from both sides (1996) - Clinton cartoon censored (1994) - Israeli arrested (1993) - "Shoe in the mouth" cartoon causes Palestinian publisher to disappear (1973) JAPAN Politician takes own life over a missing stroke in a cartoon that changed the name of his party (1992) KUWAIT Cartoon ignites riot against a major newspaper (1996) LIBERIA First political cartoonist threatened into leaving his country (1984) MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur newspaper pressured into apology (1995) MONGOLIA Cartoonists punished for Western connection (1988-93) RUSSIA Outrage, threats, and investigation by the Russian Parliament over a Zlatkovsky drawing (1992) SAUDI ARABIA Saudi anger sends Indian editors to jail over American comic strip (1993) SERBIA Criminal proceedings for picturing statesmen in a "degrading position" (1993) SOUTH AFRICA Stronger controls over the press (1987) SINGAPORE A threat by the prime minister (1995) TURKEY Two cartoonists arrested (1996) - One burned alive (1993) - Editor sentenced to jail term for cartoon (1990-93) - Leading political cartoonist tortured (1970) USA Oliphant censored (1993) - Szabo on a Russian spy's list (1987) - Racial sensitivity in Philadelphia (1985)