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Charlie Hebdo attacks: Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten increases office security Charlie Hebdo attacks: Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten republished caricatures of the Prophet Mohamed
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The Danish newspaper which set off a storm of protest in 2005 after it printed caricatures of the Prophet Mohamed increased security at its offices today, while other European publications that ran similar cartoons vowed not to be silenced by the attack on Charlie Hebdo. A Danish newspaper has republished caricatures of the Prophet Mohamed from Charlie Hebdo as part of its coverage.
The 12 cartoons published by Jyllands-Posten a decade ago ignited protests which killed at least 50 people across the Muslim world. Dozens of international newspapers including Charlie Hebdo reprinted some of the cartoons in a show of solidarity after Jyllands-Posten received threats. Thursday’s print edition of Berlingske, available online on Wednesday night, showed several past front pages from the French magazine. Among them was one depicting the Prophet Mohamed and another about sharia law.
The Danish newspaper yesterday ran an editorial recalling Charlie Hebdo’s support at the time and calling the assault “an attack on us all”. Stig Kirk Orskov, the chief executive of the media group JP/Politikens Hus, also sent an internal email to staff reassuring them that they had tightened security at the paper and were in contact with Danish authorities. Such images provoked angry reactions from some Muslims when originally published by Charlie Hebdo, and footage of the killings at the magazine’s offices showed gunmen shouting “we have avenged the Prophet Mohamed”. Berlingske’s editor-in-chief Lisbeth Knudsen said her newspaper’s action in republishing the cartoons was not a protest.
Journalists at some of the other publications which reprinted the cartoons said they also stood in solidarity with the staff at Charlie Hebdo. “It’s very disturbing news for all of us,” said Ole Nyeng, the foreign editor of the Danish weekly political newspaper Weekendavisen. While he said they had no intention of reprinting the cartoons, especially while the motive for the assault remained under investigation, he expressed hope that the attacks would not silence the media. “We will print them as documentation of what kind of a magazine it was that has been hit by this terrible event,” Ms Knudsen told the BNB news agency.
Journalists at some of the other publications which reprinted the cartoons said they also stood in solidarity with the staff at Charlie Hebdo. Another Danish paper Jyllands-Posten, which set off the original storm by publishing the cartoons, increased security at its office
“It’s very disturbing news for all of us,” said Ole Nyeng, the foreign editor of the Danish weekly political newspaper Weekendavisen. While he said they had no intention of reprinting the cartoons, especially while the motive for the assault remained under investigation, he expressed hope that the attacks would not silence the media.
“We might be more stubborn to defend press freedom,” he told The Independent.“We might be more stubborn to defend press freedom,” he told The Independent.
At the Dutch weekly news magazine Elsevier, which was one of the first publications to reprint the Jyllands-Posten cartoons, the editor-in-chief Arendo Joustra said he was considering how to best express sympathy with Charlie Hebdo in the next edition. “It’s obvious that this is an attack on free journalism and it has a chilling effect on our work,” he said.At the Dutch weekly news magazine Elsevier, which was one of the first publications to reprint the Jyllands-Posten cartoons, the editor-in-chief Arendo Joustra said he was considering how to best express sympathy with Charlie Hebdo in the next edition. “It’s obvious that this is an attack on free journalism and it has a chilling effect on our work,” he said.
Tim Wolff, editor-in-chief of the German satirical magazine Titanic, told Deutsche Welle that the paper had no plans to change its editorial line. “If these attacks are the work of Islamists, then it makes satire even more relevant,” he said. “Following such attacks, there should be more satire, and this will be the case for our magazine.”Tim Wolff, editor-in-chief of the German satirical magazine Titanic, told Deutsche Welle that the paper had no plans to change its editorial line. “If these attacks are the work of Islamists, then it makes satire even more relevant,” he said. “Following such attacks, there should be more satire, and this will be the case for our magazine.”
In 2006, Jyllands-Posten apologised for causing any offence by running the cartoons, but the backlash continued. In 2012 three men were convicted in of plotting to kill Jyllands-Posten staff. One of the cartoonists, Kurt Westergaard, narrowly escaped injury in 2010 when a Somali man entered his house waving an axe.In 2006, Jyllands-Posten apologised for causing any offence by running the cartoons, but the backlash continued. In 2012 three men were convicted in of plotting to kill Jyllands-Posten staff. One of the cartoonists, Kurt Westergaard, narrowly escaped injury in 2010 when a Somali man entered his house waving an axe.