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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9126

8 February 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/islam
Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network defends both freedom of expression and respect for others, and rejects idea of conflict of cultures

Copenhagen, 07/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - EMHRN (the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network) “has followed with great concern the development of the case regarding the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammed” in the Danish press. “Freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential elements of a democratic society” and applies also to information and ideas that “offend, shock or disturb States or any group of the population”, including religions, it says in a press release. But this...

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