Lars Vilks invited back to finish lecture
Lars Vilks, the Swedish artist who was assaulted two weeks ago during a lecture on free speech, has been reinvited…
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NYT: Pakistan blocked Facebook to preempt rioting
Salman Masood, blogging on the At War blog on The New York Times, writes about reasons why Pakistan was so…
Everybody Draw Mohammad Day aftermath
So far I haven’t seen reports of massive rioting or killings that was associated with the publishing of the original…
Prime Minister sues for apology from cartoonist
From Daryl Cagle’s blog: As incredible as it might seem for a modern European democracy, Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico…
Pakistan expands ban to YouTube, Wikipedia and Flickr
The New York Times reports that the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has also blocked YouTube, as well as “certain pages on…
Pakistan blocks Facebook due to Everybody Draw Mohammed Day
The Pakistani government (Pakistan Telecommunications Authority) has ordered all Pakistani ISPs to block traffic to Facebook until May 31 to…
Gemma Arterton to star in Tamara Drewe film
Gemma Arterton, the “Bond girl” in Quantum of Solace will star in a new film premiering at Cannes film festival…
Weyni Deysel commits suicide at age 59
From the News Time comes news that South African cartoonist Weyni Deysel allegedly fataly shot himself Saturday night – a…
Lars Vilks attacked again; goes into hiding
Vars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who was head-butted at a university lecture last week and the target of an alleged…
News briefs for May 14, 2010
» Via Richard Thompson and Mike Rhode comes news that Steve Brodner will be on PBS’ Need to Know program…
New daily Wallace & Gromit comic strip to launch
Wallace & Gromit fans can rejoice – but only if they’re in the UK. Marketing Week reports that Titan Comics…
Lars Vilks attacked during lecture on free speech
Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks was attacked yesterday at Sweden’s Uppsala University while giving a lecture to a classroom of 250…
“Snoopy” arrested while breaking into prison
A man dressed as Snoopy was arrested while trying to free an inmate in Britain. Thesun.co.uk reported on Monday that…
Jihaad Jane and Jamie waive right to speedy trial
The two women arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out a plot to kill Swedish artist Lars Vilks appeared in…
Reporting in: 9 more NCS members go on USO tour (UPDATED)
Nine more NCS members have returned from a tour through Germany and Washington D.C. with the USO. This tour sent…