Monday, February 13, 2006

Media: Algeria arrests editors for publishing those cartoons

Authorities in Algeria have reportedly closed two newspapers and arrested their editors for printing the now infamous cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Even though the images were deliberately obscured, colleagues claim the editors of the pro-Islamist weeklies Errisala and Iqraa, were detained last week and will appear before an investigating judge in Algiers on Monday.
Authorities in Algeria have yet to comment on the reports