Press watchdog calls for release of Bangladesh cartoonist
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An international press freedom body on Wednesday called for the immediate release of a Bangladesh cartoonist detained for allegedly insulting Muslims with a reference to the prophet Mohammed.
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Bangladesh's new government vowed to stamp out corruption and restore order. But a new report outlining the arrest and abuse of a local journalist raises concerns it's pushing too far
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Thousands of activists rallied in Bangladesh's capital Wednesday, demanding authorities update a disputed list of voters and reform the country's election commission ahead of next month's balloting.
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A US-based rights group urges Bangladesh's caretaker government to end torture "endemic" to the country.
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A state attorney Thursday called for the dismissal of a court case brought by French Muslims against a satirical weekly that printed caricatures of the Prophet Mohamed, saying the cartoons denounce terrorists' use of the Muslim faith but do not damage Islam.
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MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan  - Dozens of Afghan journalists and activists on Saturday sought the release of a journalist detained by security officials for allegedly making blasphemous comments.
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A senior Bangladeshi politician is detained in prison for a further 30 days following his arrest last month.
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The Bangladeshi government may announce a reward of 10 million taka (166,000 US dollars) to anyone disclosing the names of the persons or groups responsible for the Aug.
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Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested several people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked an uproar in the Muslim world two years ago.
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JABALYA, Gaza Strip  - Thousands of supporters of the Islamist group Hamas protested in the Gaza Strip on Friday against the reprinting of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad that sparked Muslim outrage two years ago.
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A Danish newspaper reprints a cartoon satirising the Prophet Muhammad that outraged the Muslim world.
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An official British racism  watchdog recommended on Wednesday that bookshops across the  country remove copies of a comic book which tells the tale of  fictional Belgian hero Tintin&#39;s adventures in the Congo.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  - A French journalist abducted by Somali gunmen wants international media watchdogs to press for his release, a Somali journalist related to the kidnappers said on Thursday.
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Palestinian Islamist faction Hamas called on Friday for the release of an abducted British reporter the day after the group took control of the coastal territory and ousted rival secular faction Fatah.
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Sweden&#39;s prime minister on Sunday appealed for calm following an Al-Qaeda death warrant on two journalists for a cartoon portraying the Prophet Mohammed as a dog and threats to attack top Swedish firms.
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The Museum of Danish Cartoon Art in Copenhagen, part of the Royal Library of Denmark, is in discussions to buy the 12 caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that ignited riots leading to 50 deaths around the world after they were published in a Danish newspaper in 2005, The Art Newspaper reported. âThe caricatures have become a part of Danish history,â Jytte Kjaergaard, a spokeswoman for the Royal Library, said. Claus Seidel, one of the cartoonists and the chairman of a Danish cartoonists association, said, âWe have generally agreed that we want a museum to have the works, but everyone still has to take a final decision for himself.â.
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Journalism watchdog groups called on Sudan's government to release a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist who was in custody Sunday on charges of espionage and other crimes.