November 2006

Yemen editor jailed over cartoons

Muhammed The BBC (via) reports that a court in Yemen has sentenced newspaper editor, Kamal al-Aalafi to a year in jail for reprinting the cartoons at the heart of the The Muhammed Cartoons Controversy. The court also ordered the independent weekly newspaper which carried the cartoons to be closed for six months.

Mr al-Aalafi, who has been released on bail and will appeal the sentence, said he had reprinted the cartoons to raise awareness, not to insult Muslims.

The editors of two other Yemeni publications face similar charges.

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