JyllandsPosten satisfied being acquitted by Crown's Prosecutor
The Crown's Prosecutor Henning Fode today dismissed all charges against JyllandsPosten.
The paper did not violate any law in printing the cartoons, he stated, basing his decision on both Danish law and The European Court of Human Rights.
They [people, practicing their right to religious freedom] must tolerate and accept others' denial of their religious conviction and even [tolerate] the dissemination of attitudes, hostile to their faith, reads part of his ruling.
Quotes from Editor-in-Chief Carsten Juste comments:
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"The Crown's Prosecutor states clearly based on rulings and comments from the European Court of Human Rights that " ... people, practicing their right to religious freedom, whether part of a religious majority or minority, not with reason may expect to be exempted from criticism.
They must tolerate and accept others' denial of their religious conviction and even [tolerate] the dissemination of attitudes, hostile to their faith.
The Crown's Prosecutor adds that "... it is not unusual in the public debate in Demark to use a blunt and straightforward form where even offensive and abrasive expressions by and large are accepted".
[Carsten Juste:] This is precisely what was expressed by (..) editor Flemming Rose in the text of September 30, last year [the date the cartoons were published]."
A spokesman for the Islamic Faith Community, Kasem Said Ahmad, said that he would consider to bring the case for the European Court of Human Rights.
However, according to the Crown's Prosecutor, his decision as a consequence of section 99(3) of the Danish Administration of Justice Act, finally acquits JyllandsPosten of any charges of violating Danish law.
The decision is published officially in English here.
AGORA has a detailed covering here.
The paper did not violate any law in printing the cartoons, he stated, basing his decision on both Danish law and The European Court of Human Rights.
They [people, practicing their right to religious freedom] must tolerate and accept others' denial of their religious conviction and even [tolerate] the dissemination of attitudes, hostile to their faith, reads part of his ruling.
Quotes from Editor-in-Chief Carsten Juste comments:
More, click Continue ..
"The Crown's Prosecutor states clearly based on rulings and comments from the European Court of Human Rights that " ... people, practicing their right to religious freedom, whether part of a religious majority or minority, not with reason may expect to be exempted from criticism.
They must tolerate and accept others' denial of their religious conviction and even [tolerate] the dissemination of attitudes, hostile to their faith.
The Crown's Prosecutor adds that "... it is not unusual in the public debate in Demark to use a blunt and straightforward form where even offensive and abrasive expressions by and large are accepted".
[Carsten Juste:] This is precisely what was expressed by (..) editor Flemming Rose in the text of September 30, last year [the date the cartoons were published]."
A spokesman for the Islamic Faith Community, Kasem Said Ahmad, said that he would consider to bring the case for the European Court of Human Rights.
However, according to the Crown's Prosecutor, his decision as a consequence of section 99(3) of the Danish Administration of Justice Act, finally acquits JyllandsPosten of any charges of violating Danish law.
The decision is published officially in English here.
AGORA has a detailed covering here.
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