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26 Apr 2013, 9:30 am

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Tunisia court review of jail terms for cartoons suspended

TUNIS — Tunisia's highest court failed on Thursday to review, as expected, the jail terms given to two men for publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, their lawyer said, creating confusion in a controversial case.

"I was surprised to discover that the court has not acted because the demand for an appeal was mysteriously withdrawn," Ahmed Mselmi told AFP.

He said he intended to "investigate what could have happened to cancel the appeal," insisting that the Court of Cassation hearing had been fixed for April 25.


They were originally sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by a court for their trouble.

Sounds reasonable.



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26 Apr 2013, 1:47 pm

Good thing radical Islam is reasonable.



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26 Apr 2013, 3:33 pm

Reasonable? Positively lenient if you ask me. No amputations, public stoning or anything. 'Mysteriously' failing to appeal might simply mean that the culprits recognised how lightly they'd got away with it.


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26 Apr 2013, 4:37 pm

CSBurks wrote:
Good thing radical Islam is reasonable.


Good joke



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27 Apr 2013, 2:51 pm

The judgment has been upheld.