Danish editors face trial in Jordan

The Copenhagen Post
June 3, 2008

https://www.legal-project.org/116/danish-editors-face-trial-in-jordan

Excerpt:

Eleven Danes have been summoned to appear before the Jordanian public prosecutor to answer charges of blasphemy and threatening the national peace. They include the cartoonist who drew one of the Mohammed cartoons and editors from 10 of the 17 newspapers that reprinted them.

The group behind the announcement is called The Prophet Unites Us, a union of Jordanian media organisations, organisations and private individuals.

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