Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte (L) poses with US Nobel prize–winning economist Joseph Stiglitz next to one of his works at the 'Drawings for Freedom' exhibit in Geneva

Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chappatte (L) poses with US Nobel prize–winning economist Joseph Stiglitz next to one of his works at the 'Drawings for Freedom' exhibit in Geneva

 Fabrice COFFRINI

Celebrated Swiss political cartoonist Patrick Chappatte, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, Der Spiegel and other leading newspapers, said Monday his profession is on the "front line" of a battle for democracy.

"If you want to know the state of democracy in any nation in the world, just look at how satirists and cartoonists are treated," he told AFP at the opening of an exhibition in Geneva celebrating political cartooning worldwide.

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