Jefferson Morley’s World Opinion Roundup: Death Penalty for Danish Cartoons?
The Danish cartoon story may have subsided in the West, but the controversy still reverberates around the world. [snip] For Yemeni journalist Mohammed Asaadi, the debate is a life and death issue. The 31-year-old editor of the Yemen Observer, an English-language weekly, returns to a courtroom today to face charges of blasphemy for reprinting versions of three of the Danish cartoons. If found guilty, he could be sent to a firing squad…