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Algeria at UN: Limit free speech, protect Islam
by DAVID STRINGER, Associated Press
Google News
October 1, 2012
https://www.legal-project.org/3272/algeria-at-un-limit-free-speech-protect-islam
Excerpt:
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Algeria demanded new efforts Saturday to limit freedom of expression to prevent denigrating attacks on Islam, appealing to the United Nations to take a lead as nations engaged in new debate on the tensions between free speech and religious tolerance.
In an address to the General Assembly, Algeria's foreign minister Mourad Medelci called for global action under the auspices of the United Nations to respond to violent demonstrations provoked by a U.S.-produced video that mocks Muslims and the Prophet Muhammad
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