Danish Cartoon Case to be Judged by United Nations
am 18.03.2006 von Law & JusticeWhereas Denmarks Director of Public Prosecutions had recently decided not to press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first published the twelve cartoons (see them here, halfway down the page), 27 Danish Muslim organisations grouped under the umbrella of the Islamic Faith Community, plan to sue Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten in a Danish court and also file a complaint against the state of Denmark with the United Nations High Commisioner for Human Rights in Geneva, because Denmark wont pursue the case and, therefore acts as a barrier to justice to the complainants.AFP reports that Islamic Community spokesman Kasem Said Ahmad said that “Muslims living in the Islamic world have greater confidence in the United Nations than in the European Union”. Ahmad Akkari, the Imam in the city Aarhus, accused Denmark of breaching UN human rights conventions and stated that “our point is that in failing to censure Jyllands-Posten, Denmark has committed a breach of its duties as a signatory of UN conventions on human and political …
Danish Public Prosecutor Rejects Charging Newspaper for Muhammad Cartoons
Law & Justice / Denmarks Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to press criminal charges against Jyllands-Posten, the Danish newspaper that first published the twelve cartoons (see them here, halfway down the page). He upheld the earlier decision of a re…
European Court of Human Rights Asked to Rule on Muhammad Cartoons
Law & Justice / The European Court of Human Rights announced today that it has received an application from French Muslims asking it to declare the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (see them here, halfway down the page) in French newspapers an in…
UN to Investigate Racism of Danish Cartoonists. What about Free Speech?
Law & Justice / The Brussels Journal and Fjordman, a Norwegian blogger, report that Louise Arbour, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, has expressed her concern over the 12 cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad which were published in the Dani…
Prohibited decrees in Warrington / Schwiegermutter heiraten
Transblawg / BBC News reports The European Court of Human Rights earlier this month ruled the ban on marriage between people who were in-laws is a breach of human rights. The decision came in a case brought by a man and his...…
No Freedom of Expression for Danish Newspaper?
Law & Justice / What are the limits to the freedom of expression when religion, in this case Islam, is involved?The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten is being protected by security guards and several cartoonists have gone into hiding after the newspaper published a s…
Turkey and Denmark Clash Again over Freedom of Speech
Law & Justice / Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan boycotted a joint press conference with his Danish counterpart in protest at the presence of a Kurdish TV station Roj TV, highlighting European values on free speech. Mr. Erdogan was visiting Denmark as the first stop…
Islamophobe Danish Cartoons: EU Can Run, But Cannot Hide
Law & Justice / Four months ago to the day, on September 30th, Jyllands-Posten published its twelve Muhammad cartoons. Over the past four months The Brussels Journal, an internet publication, has posted 19 (!) stories about the affair, but the mainstream media…
Dreht das Rad der Aufklärung zurück!
Jurabilis / Honourable Fellow Citizens of the Muslim World Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten is a strong proponent of democracy and freedom of religion. The newspaper respects the right of any human being to practise his or her religion. Serious misunderstandings i…
House of Lords upholds Human Rights Act
Transblawg / Yesterday, the House of Lords held that imprisoning foreign terror suspects without charging them or trying them is against the European Convention on Human Rights. (Independent - Guardian) Here’s the text of the judgment. Curiously, not a day…
2 BvR 1481/04 vom 14.10.2004
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EGMR im Fall Gäfgen
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Violation of Consular Rights
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The ICJ LeGrand decision against the United States provided the German Supreme Court, Bundesgerichtshof, with an opportunity to explore the remedies available to compensate for evidence obtained from foreigners before they re…
We Are All Danes Now. Is Dutch Cartoonist Next?
Law & Justice / Today almost all the European newspapers are reporting on the Danish cartoon case. The first and best source still remains The Brussels Journal: you will find no copy/paste of international press agency articles but original insights:What most papers…
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