On World Press Freedom Day, which takes place on Sunday 3 May, press cartoonist Cristina Sampaio is kindly making fun of the work of journalists, which now (almost) only deals with the coronavirus: the keys on their keyboard now only contain virus symbols.

The cartoonist, who has lived in Lisbon since 1986 as an illustrator and press cartoonist for several national magazines and newspapers, also underlines the essential role of the press and journalists in this period when certain leaders could take advantage of the pandemic to roll back human rights. .

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