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By h.b. - Jul 21, 2007 - 10:22 PM
This week's copy of 'El Jueves' shows a cartoon of the Prince and Princess of Asturias
National Court judge, Juan Del Olmo, on Friday ordered the withdraw of all copies of the Spanish satirical magazine, ‘El Jueves’ because of a cartoon of the Prince and Princess of Asturias on the front page.
The judge gave the order at the request of the State Prosecutor’s Office, which has insisted that they acted without any complaint coming from the Palace.
The cartoon showed the sum of 2,500 €, the amount now offered by the Government for every birth in Spain, and below the money, the cartoon of the Prince and Princess in a sexual posture. The Prince is commenting along the lines that is the closest he will get to earning a living.
The Spanish Constitution prohibits any previous censorship of material in publications, but action can be taken after publication if a judge considers that fundamental rights have been infringed. Here an alleged crime of insults or slander has taken place.
The director of El Jueves, J.L. Martín, commented that they have previously carried many similar covers. He said he thought the whole matter would be forgotten in a week, despite the fact that he now faces a possible sentence of up to two years in prison.
The cartoonist Guillermo says that he had drawn Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, but he was such a bad drawer that people had thought he had drawn other people.
‘Judge Del Olmo wears glasses’, he said, ‘Perhaps he got confused’.
The cartoon remained however on the webpage of the magazine, but the interest in the subject had crashed the webserver by Friday afternoon.
The prosecutor, Miguel Ángel Carballo, later called for the magazine’s webpage to be closed down, but most other Spanish media websites, including El Pais, El Mundo and 20 minutos are continuing to show the cartoon.
The whole affair has opened a debate in the Spanish media as to where are the limits on freedom of expression.
The magazine say their next cover will answer all this week’s events.
The PP General Secretary, Angel Acebes, on Saturday accused the Attorney General, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, of causing the even greater diffusion of the offensive cartoon, and said for that reason it had been a mistaken decision.
Note – Typically Spanish has decided not to publish the cartoon, simply because doing so could be considered as being unnecessarily offensive to the Spanish Royal Family.
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National Court Judge orders satirical magazine to be removed from sale
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By h.b. - Jul 21, 2007 - 10:22 PM
The Editor and Director of El Jueves, José Luis Martín and Albert Monteys - Photo EFE
National Court judge, Juan Del Olmo, on Friday ordered the withdraw of all copies of the Spanish satirical magazine, ‘El Jueves’ because of a cartoon of the Prince and Princess of Asturias on the front page.
The judge gave the order at the request of the State Prosecutor’s Office, which has insisted that they acted without any complaint coming from the Palace.
The cartoon showed the sum of 2,500 €, the amount now offered by the Government for every birth in Spain, and below the money, the cartoon of the Prince and Princess in a sexual posture. The Prince is commenting along the lines that is the closest he will get to earning a living.
The Spanish Constitution prohibits any previous censorship of material in publications, but action can be taken after publication if a judge considers that fundamental rights have been infringed. Here an alleged crime of insults or slander has taken place.
The director of El Jueves, J.L. Martín, commented that they have previously carried many similar covers. He said he thought the whole matter would be forgotten in a week, despite the fact that he now faces a possible sentence of up to two years in prison.
The cartoonist Guillermo says that he had drawn Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise, but he was such a bad drawer that people had thought he had drawn other people.
‘Judge Del Olmo wears glasses’, he said, ‘Perhaps he got confused’.
The cartoon remained however on the webpage of the magazine, but the interest in the subject had crashed the webserver by Friday afternoon.
The prosecutor, Miguel Ángel Carballo, later called for the magazine’s webpage to be closed down, but most other Spanish media websites, including El Pais, El Mundo and 20 minutos are continuing to show the cartoon.
The whole affair has opened a debate in the Spanish media as to where are the limits on freedom of expression.
The magazine say their next cover will answer all this week’s events.
The PP General Secretary, Angel Acebes, on Saturday accused the Attorney General, Cándido Conde-Pumpido, of causing the even greater diffusion of the offensive cartoon, and said for that reason it had been a mistaken decision.
Note – Typically Spanish has decided not to publish the cartoon, simply because doing so could be considered as being unnecessarily offensive to the Spanish Royal Family.
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LBJ
20 Jul 2007, 20:24
20 Jul 2007, 20:24
The judge´s name is Juan del Olmo, not Luis. Luis del Olmo is a famous
radio host who (as far as I know) is not related to the judge.
typicallyspanish newsteam
21 Jul 2007, 00:52
21 Jul 2007, 00:52
LBJ - You are, of course, correct. We have corrected our text - Thank you.
Pops
21 Jul 2007, 11:13
21 Jul 2007, 11:13
When DID the prince do a day's work?
Pops 2
21 Jul 2007, 11:14
21 Jul 2007, 11:14
You can see the cartoon at this link.
http://www.20minutos.es/data/img/2007/07/20/657077.jpg
http://www.20minutos.es/data/img/2007/07/20/657077.jpg
awe
21 Jul 2007, 14:39
21 Jul 2007, 14:39
Oximoron:
Spanish democracy
Spanish democracy
Pops 3
21 Jul 2007, 18:20
21 Jul 2007, 18:20
Has the judge not heard of the internet? Now, because of his idiotic
blundering, instead of only the usual few thousand avid readers of the
magazine seeing the cartoon, the whole world is having a good laugh at
Spain's expense. Is he now going to resign?
AXJ
21 Jul 2007, 23:02
21 Jul 2007, 23:02
Nobody resigns in spain, quite the contrary, now he gets promoted...There
should be limits to freedom..George W. Bush...Hey Typically Spanish why
don't you publish the caricature?? Scared of that Judge closing you down
too?? chicken chicken...Now you know what AXJ is all about!!!
Riviera
21 Jul 2007, 23:59
21 Jul 2007, 23:59
I'm so pleased that a vast majority of the Spanish people seem to reject
the decision. I feared that given the great support the king has, they
would have supported it. There's hope...
AXJ
22 Jul 2007, 06:52
22 Jul 2007, 06:52
Yes still hope, but www.periodistadigital.com has expelled the AXJ
representative there because they were posting the truth. Lets keep our
fingers crossed that the Spanish People all agree against this clear attack
on FREEDOM OF SPEACH.
luis
23 Jul 2007, 18:51
23 Jul 2007, 18:51
Freedom have limits otherwise someone else will be privated of freedom.
Freedom becames anarchy, anarchy becames caos, caos became ... the end of freedom.
Freedom becames anarchy, anarchy becames caos, caos became ... the end of freedom.
El Jueves USA
23 Jul 2007, 20:27
23 Jul 2007, 20:27
Heard they just opened another El Jueves in the USA...
www.eljueves.us
www.eljueves.us
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