International Cartoon News Round-Up

* the Charlie-Hebdo trial got underway yesterday with testimony from editor Philippe Val, who if convicted for reprinting the Danish Cartoon caricatures of the prophet Muhammed in the satirical weekly last year could face six months and prison and nearly $30,000 in fines. Val stressed that the republication was about ideas not people. A lawyer also read a statement of support from presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy. The charge was brought against the magazine by The Grand Mosque and the Union of French Islamic Organizations.

* you can start here for a detailed look at current developments in the Maldivian government's odd case against cartoonist Ahmed Abbas, which also provides links to articles that provide greater context. In what looks like a snakepit's snakepit of a legal mess, four protesters were arrested.

* the European Federation of Journalists condemns a January 31 attack on cartoonist Huseyin Chakmak of Afrika. Chakmak was assaulted from a car, and stymied in his attempts to get justice from police.
 
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