Comments on: News Briefs http://blog.apoctrack.com/2006/02/16/news-briefs/ Technology, politics, metal, geography, space, time... Life. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:50:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Louise Pharand http://blog.apoctrack.com/2006/02/16/news-briefs/#comment-146 Louise Pharand Fri, 17 Feb 2006 23:16:29 +0000 http://apoc.buildtolearn.net/wordpress/?p=180#comment-146 From web.amnesty.org, on the newspaper that stoked the outrage over Danish cartoons: The Rakyat Merdeka cases Rakyat Merdeka is a daily tabloid owned by the country’s largest media group, Jawa Pos, that has gained prominence as a result of its gritty, often abrasive, style, with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment. Two of the paper’s editors are facing legal sanctions for publishing material deemed insulting. In one case, the former editor has been tried and found guilty of defamation under Article 310 of the Criminal Code (KUHP), while the other is currently on trial and charged under Article 134 of KUHP for insulting the President, an offence punishable by up to six years in jail. (...) From web.amnesty.org, on the newspaper that stoked the outrage over Danish cartoons:

The Rakyat Merdeka cases

Rakyat Merdeka is a daily tabloid owned by the country’s largest media group, Jawa Pos, that has gained prominence as a result of its gritty, often abrasive, style, with articles and caricatures that frequently strongly criticize the political establishment.

Two of the paper’s editors are facing legal sanctions for publishing material deemed insulting. In one case, the former editor has been tried and found guilty of defamation under Article 310 of the Criminal Code (KUHP), while the other is currently on trial and charged under Article 134 of KUHP for insulting the President, an offence punishable by up to six years in jail.

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