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September 08, 2010

M100 Media Prize 2010

Mohammed cartoonist Kurt Westergaard will be awarded the M100 Sanssouci Media Award.

The theme for this year’s M100 award ceremony, to be held tonight in Potsdam in eastern Germany, is ‘Freedom of the Press in Europe’. According to Potsdam mayor Jann Jakobs, Westergaard is ‘a person who has become a symbol for freedom of expression and of the press’.

Better late than never. Even better news, German Chancellor Angela Merkel will be there to make a speech in Westergaard's honour.

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Posted by Ghost of a flea at September 8, 2010 08:57 AM

Comments

Brilliant news! It will be interesting to see what Merkel will have to say after her recent disagreements with Sarrazin. Bad news from France however: Christine Tasin, organiser of last Saturday's series of anti-Islamisation protests, has been issued with a Facebook Fatwa. She has already received two death threats within 24 hours. Tasin however remains unfazed: http://durotrigan.blogspot.com/2010/09/christine-tasin-receives-facebook-fatwa.html

Posted by: Durotrigan [TypeKey Profile Page] at September 8, 2010 09:31 AM