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Today the French prosecutor requested the course to dismiss the case since the cartoons were no vilification of a race or religion, but satire about ideas subject to debate. More detailed info in English, excerpt below, is available from Reporters Without Borders through the link.

Reporters sans frontières - France:

Reporters Without Borders voiced “unconditional support” today for the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo , which goes on trial in Paris tomorrow in a civil lawsuit by the Grand Mosque of Paris and the Union of Islamic Organisations of France. It is accused of deliberately trying to hurt Muslims “in their collective attachment to their beliefs” by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a special issue a year ago.

Here is a link to Nouvel Observateur's report with a petition in support of Charlie Hebdo and freedom of speech in general. Link it and sign it and pass it on: Signer la pétition!

Today, the DA requested dismissal of the case, read on below:

La procureure a requis la relaxe de "Charlie Hebdo" pour avoir publié des caricatures
LE MONDE 09.02.07

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And here a time-line summary of the proceedings since their beginning on Wednesday, from Libération. Read it: it's not as far away as you think!