Your Danish Cartoons Hangover Update
There's only one of these this time out: an invitation related the Danish Cartoons Controversy is cited as one of the reasons for the departure of a director and staff from a high-profile journalist protection agency in Qatar. Longtime RSF head Robert Menard and his staff have left the Doha-based advocacy and funds-dispensing group after what they claim is increased pressure from the government of Qatar. Critics of Menard say he never quite understood how to function within the conservative nation, and cite Menards decision to let Muhammed cartoon publishers Jyllands-Posten send staffers to attend a World Press Freedom day sponsored by the center.
