Keeping Current: Beyond Charlie Hebdo: 'Blasphemy' penalized by Arab governments

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Friday, January 9, 2015

Beyond Charlie Hebdo: 'Blasphemy' penalized by Arab governments

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- As a terrorist attack on a satirical magazine in Paris illuminates the issue of press freedom, media in most of the Arab world are still shackled and can be brutally punished for "blasphemy" by their governments. Even after the promise of new freedoms during the Arab... Sign in to see full entry.

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