Yemen editor faces execution
Yemeni newspaper editor, Muhammad al-Asadi, was arrested in February after his publication, the Yemen Observer, published the pictures at the centre of the Muhammed Cartoons Controversy.
He is being charged with offending Islam - which he denies - and prosecuting lawyers are calling for him to be sentenced to death.
The English-language newspaper has had its licence to publish suspended, although its staff have continued to produce material online.
Lawyers leading a civil case against publishers of the cartoons - in addition to the public case - cited precedents from Muslim history when the prophet was insulted by a woman and then praised her killer.
Prosecutors have reportedly requested that the Yemen Observer be closed permanently and have its property and assets confiscated.
The trial reopens tomorrow.
Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 | Paul | Yemen
