"Sorry you were offended" Danish paper concedes to Saudi lawyers

by Monitor
MediaWatchWatch.org.uk
February 26, 2010

https://www.legal-project.org/660/sorry-you-were-offended-danish-paper-concedes-to

Excerpt:

In a move condemned as "crazy" and "disgraceful" by politicians and journalists, the Danish newspaper Politiken has issued an apology to a team of Saudi lawyers acting on behalf of "94,923 of the Prophet mohammed's descendants".

Last August, the Jeddah based law firm AZ Yamani approached the eleven Danishnewspapers which republished the Turbomb cartoon after an attempt on Westergaard's life.

What they demanded was that apologies be printed in Danish, English, Arabic and French, that the newspapers undertake never to publish the cartoon again, and – most amusingly – that the cartoons be removed from the internet in perpetuity.

What they got from Politiken was a "sorry you were offended" apology. The newspaper did not apologise for printing the cartoon, nor did it give up its right to publish the cartoon again.

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