The international cartoon contest Olense Kartoenale this year the sport touring with the theme "Sports: from start to finish." Amnesty International chose the theme "The right to medical assistance. The winners were announced Friday.

A total of 340 cartoonists from 55 countries participated. Together which yielded 1,089 submitted cartoons.

The top prize this year went to Chuntra Tawan from Thailand. The second prize went to the Serb Jovo Skomac. The price of Amnesty International went to Konstantin Kazanchev from Ukraine. He came personally receive his award during the award ceremony on Friday, November 11th at the town hall. The 9-year-old Melissa Welsh from Turkey lived with her mother at the ceremony. She was awarded the third prize in the youth category.

Winners adult category:

    1st prize "the pewter pot ': Chuntra Tawan (Thailand)

    2nd Prize 'copper pot': Jovo Skomac (Serbia)

    3rd prize 'earthen pot': Heidarpanah Mojtaba (Iran)

    4th prize 'Inkwell': Mehdi Azizi (Iran)

    price city Bialogard: Karolina Gmiterek (Poland)

 Winners youth category:

    1st prize: Yuan Yi Lin (China)

    2nd prize: Rojina Fetanat (Iran)

    3rd prize: Melissa Welsh (Turkey)

    4th prize: Nina Khmelyova (Russia)

Exhibition and catalog

The exhibition of the Olen Kartoenale is to view December 31 in the chamber during the opening hours of the town hall. The winning cartoons and many other entries are also bundled in a beautiful color catalog. This compilation is for sale for 12 euros at the reception of the town hall and Leisure in social housing.

Above cartoon by Mehdi Azizi-Iran