Belgian Judicial Advisor: Tintin Au Congo Not Racist

I almost missed this story about a judicial adviser named Valery de Theux de Meylandt recommending to judges in the case of Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo against Tintin Au Congo did not qualify as a racist publication. The procureur du roi apparently suggested in the document he sent to the court that the work did not mean to incite racial hatred and was representative of depictions at the time. Intention is apparently a key component of the injunction Mondondo hopes to win against the 1931 book. The case should receive plenty of attention given the context of a new Steve Spielberg-directed motion-capture film adapted from other books starring the iconic character.
 
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