Charlie Hebdo editor acquitted over Mohammed cartoons
Phillipe Val, the editor of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has been aquitted (via) again on charges of insulting Muslims by publishing cartoons of Mohammed in 2006.
The court issued its decision in response to an appeal by the Union of Islamic Organisations of France and the World Islamic League against his acquittal by a Paris criminal court on 22 March 2007. The prosecutor’s office, which had requested his acquittal by the criminal court, asked the appeal court to uphold his acquittal.
Wednesday 19 Mar 2008 | Paul | France
