DINAMARCA: Libertad de prensa afectada por exigencias religiosas

DINAMARCA: Libertad de prensa afectada por exigencias religiosas

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Prime Minister lars Løkke
Prime Minister lars Løkke

Feb. 25 (EFE).─ El diario danés «Politiken» se distanció hoy del resto de los rotativos de su país y pidió disculpas por la publicación, hace dos años, de las caricaturas de Mahoma dibujadas por el danés Kurt Westergaard, a modo de «compensación» por el malestar creado en el mundo musulmán.

El director del periódico, Toger Seidenfaden, adoptó dicha decisión de acuerdo con ocho organizaciones musulmanas, que habían pedido una disculpa por la difusión de las caricaturas, y en contra de la opinión del resto de la prensa, incluido el primer diario que las publicó, el «Jyllands Posten».

 

"Es un fracaso en la lucha por la libertad de opinión. Es doblegarse a las amenazas, es vergonzoso", declaró el director de «Jyllands Posten», respecto a la decisión de su colega, mientras que Westergaard afirmó que con ello se habían "arrodillado ante los islamistas y liquidado la libertad de opinión".

«Politiken», como la mayoría de los grandes medios daneses, publicó en 2008 las caricaturas en solidaridad con Westergaard, después de que éste recibiera las primeras amenazas de muerte como autor de los dibujos.

La polémica en torno a las caricaturas persiste, después de que el pasado enero un ciudadano somalí, presuntamente vinculado a la red terrorista Al Qaeda, intentase asesinar al dibujante ...

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The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission, created in 1998 by the International Religios Freedom Act (IRFA). USCIRF Commissioners are appointed by the President and the leadership of both political parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives. USCIRF's principal responsibilities are to review the facts and circumstances of violations of religious freedom internationally and to make policy recommendations to the President, the Secretary of State and Congress.

These recommendations are formally presented through USCIRF's Annual Report.  The Department of State submits these reports to Congress in compliance with Section 102(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998.  The law provides that the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, shall transmit to Congress "an Annual Report on International Religious Freedom supplementing the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom."  Reports are available to the public (click on the titles below) and institutions may get free hard copies if requested.

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The USCIRF released on April 28 its 2011 Annual Report and recommended that the Secretary of State name the following nations "countries of particular concern" or CPCs: Burma, China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam. CPCs are "nations whose conduct marks them as the world's worst religious freedom violators and human rights abusers."

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