UN to Investigate Racism of Danish Cartoonists. What about Free Speech?
am 08.12.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.comThe 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 Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September. Ms Arbour says that the UN experts on racism …
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 …
Danish Cartoonists c./ Free Speech
Law & Justice / The never ending story about the 12 Muhammad-cartoons c./ free speech continues. Read the whole thing. A real must-read! Even Franco Frattini, the vice-President of the European Commission, got involved and called the publication of the twelve carto…
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…
Danish Cartoon Case to be Judged by United Nations
Law & Justice / Whereas 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 organi…
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…
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 …
A Muslim Lawyers Defense of Publishing the Muhammad Cartoons
Law & Justice / A Muslim Lawyers Defense of Publishing the Muhammad Cartoons, by Junaid Afeef : I am as offended by the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad as other Muslims, but I must fight for First Amendment rights. (...) Despite my personal feelings about…
Danish Prime Minister Expresses Doubt over Turkish EU Membership
Law & Justice / In the Danish newspaper Politiken, the Danish prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen wrote a column saying In the EU we are now hurrying towards further talks on new enlargements - with Turkey for instance. This is something that a lot of ordinary Euro…
EU Media Code on Reporting on Islam (2)
Law & Justice / Update to my previous post EU Commission Wants Media Code on Reporting on Islam. Or Not? :- In the midst of the cartoon row an international press seminar has debated how to confront the growing threats to freedom of expression. The journalists see n…
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…
MANIFESTO: Together Facing the New Totalitarianism
Law & Justice / Contrasting with the conciliatory line adopted by EU foreign ministers, a group of intellectuals have warned against totalitarianism from Islamist circles in a manifesto, published on 1st March. The manifesto has been signed by the following persons…
USA: Free-spech rights für Online-Casino-Werbung?
Kanzlei Dr. Bahr: Recht der Neuen Medien / USAToday berichtet, dass der Betreiber eines News-Portal über Internet-Glücksspiel einen gerichtlichen Musterprozess anstrebt, in dem geklärt wird, dass Werbung für ausländische Online-Casinos in den USA vom Recht auf freie Meinungsäußerung (f…
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