Motoon II: The Saga Continues
The Comics Reporter (via) has a lengthy and depressing update of the state of the second run of the Muhammed Cartoons conroversy.
In Egypt…
- Four international newspapers were banned by government officials for recent republication of the images. Two of the papers have never printed the cartoon
- The Danish Ambassador to Cairo was summoned by the Egyptian government to listen to another rant
- Thousands of students protested
- And two football matches have been cancelled.
Elsewhere…
- Yemen has suspended friendship with Denmark’s parliament
- In Jordan, the lower house of Parliament fails to recognise that freedom is a value
Wednesday 20 Feb 2008 | Paul | Egypt, Jordan, Yemen
