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Denmark court sentenced cartoonist attacker to 9 years [this day at law]
February 4, 2012 by Cody Harding
On February 4, 2011, a Danish court sentenced Muhideen Mohammed Geelle to nine years in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber. Geelle was armed with an axe and knife when he broke into.... [more]
Norway men convicted of terrorism for plotting attack on Danish newspaper
January 30, 2012 by Sarah Posner
A Norwegian court on Monday convicted two men accused of planning an attack against the Danish newspaper that published a cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. This is the first conviction under Norway's anti-terror laws. Both defendants, Mikael Davud and Shawan Sadek Saeed Bujak, were found guilty in.... [more]
Denmark court extends sentence of Muhammad cartoonist attacker
June 23, 2011 by Julia Zebley
A Danish court on Wednesday sentenced Somali Islamist Muhideen Mohammed Geele to an additional year in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber. Geele had already been sentenced to nine years in.... [more]
Federal jury convicts terror suspect, acquits on Mumbai terror attacks
June 10, 2011 by Maureen Cosgrove
A federal jury on Thursday convicted Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Chicago resident with Canadian citizenship, on two counts of planning to attack a Copenhagen newspaper, but found him not guilty on charges of helping to plan the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. Rana was found guilty of providing material.... [more]
Denmark court sentences Muhammad cartoonist attacker to 9 years
February 4, 2011 by LaToya Sawyer
A Danish court on Friday sentenced Somali Islamist Muhideen Mohammed Geelle to nine years in prison for his 2010 attack on Kurt Westergaard, illustrator of the controversial 2005 cartoon depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a suicide bomber. Geele was convicted on Thursday on charges of attempted.... [more]
UK enfranchised working class males [this day at law]
August 15, 2010 by Dwyer Arce
On August 15, 1867, the UK parliament passed the Reform Act of 1867. The act extended the right to vote to working class men of England and Wales, doubling the voting population.
August 1867 political cartoon opposing the act.
Learn more about democracy in the UK from the Telegraph....... [more]
Dutch prosecutor to appeal Holocaust cartoon ruling
May 5, 2010 by Erin Bock
The Dutch Public Prosecution Service announced Tuesday that the public prosecutor for the Utrecht District Court filed an appeal against the April 22 ruling acquitting the Arab European League (AEL) of hate speech charges stemming from posting an inflammatory cartoon on their website. The court.... [more]
Dutch court acquits Arab group of hate speech over Holocaust cartoon
April 22, 2010 by Erin Bock
The Netherlands Utrecht District Court on Thursday acquitted members of the Arab European League (AEL) of hate speech charges resulting from the posting a cartoon on their website that insinuated that the Holocaust was fabricated. The criminal complaint against the group alleged that the cartoon.... [more]
"Wobblies" put on trial in Chicago [this day at law]
March 23, 2010 by JURIST Staff
On March 23, 1918, 101 leaders of the Industrial Workers of the World union ("The Wobblies") were put on trial in Chicago for conspiracy to obstruct America's participation in World War I. Learn more about the Wobblies from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.
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Mumbai terror suspect pleads guilty in US court
March 19, 2010 by Megan McKee
US citizen and Chicago resident David Headley pleaded guilty to 12 counts of federal terrorism Thursday, including charges related to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and an alleged plot against the Danish creator and publishers of controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad. The.... [more]
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