Petition In European Court of Human Rights On Muhammad Cartoons

According to Jurist, the European Court of Human Rights announced yesterday that it had received an application from the French Regional Council for the Muslim Faith to declare the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in French newspapers an infringement of the non-discrimination provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights. Last month a French court dismissed a similar suit on procedural grounds. (See prior posting.) [Thanks to Steven H. Sholk for the lead.]