Bangladesh
Cartoon causes arrestPosted Oct 20 2007
Arifur Rahman, a cartoonist who provided satirical supplements for a local newspaper, Prothom Alo, was arrested in Dhaka on Sept. 17 over a cartoon that played on the name Mohammed.
The government press department said the cartoon “hurt religious sentiment,” and it seized all copies of the supplements. The newspaper apologized and fired the supplement’s deputy editor.