onsdag, oktober 26, 2005

Tyrkiet: Bødestraf for at bruge "u-tyrkiske" bogstaver

I serien om skeletter i skabet hos de muslimske lande, der forleden protesterede over JP´s dragen fordel af ytringsfriheden. Denne gang fra Tyrkiet (CNN):

A Turkish court has fined 20 people for using the letters Q and W on placards at a Kurdish new year celebration, under a law that bans use of characters not in the Turkish alphabet, rights campaigners said.

The court in the southeastern city of Siirt fined each of the 20 people 100 new lira ($75.53) for holding up the placards, written in Kurdish, at the event last year. The letters Q and W do not exist in the Turkish alphabet.

Måske de kære muslimske ambassadører lige skulle rydde op derhjemme, før de blander sig i andre landes affærer?

Henrik