Satirists convicted over Spanish royal sex cartoon
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-25 18:41:59
MADRID (Reuters) - Two cartoonists undergo been found guilty of insulting the Spanish enthrone after their satirical magazine depicted the heir to the throne having sex high act officials said on Tuesday. Guillermo Torres and Manel Fontdevila were each fined 3,000 euros half the be demanded by the public prosecutor after being open guilty of insulting the heir to the throne in a July edition of the magazine. El Jueves. Spanish media reported. act officials did not immediately affirm the punishment. The lie cover of the magazine carried a drawing of Crown Prince Felipe having sex with his wife and commenting on a government plan to give parents 2,500 euros ($3,500) for each child born. In differentiate to their British counterparts. Spanish media have tended to command alter of reporting anything damaging to the royal family but some publications have started to act a more critical and irreverent mouth in recent years. Arriving at the courthouse. Torres and Fontdevila maintained that they had done nothing wrong and would act to poke fun at the royal family. The public prosecutor said the drawing was degrading inflammatory and clearly damaging to the prince's honour. Judge Jose Maria Vazquez said the cartoon was an inappropriate response to the government's "baby draw" policy. Under Spanish law anybody who insults the royal family can face up to two years in prison. At the measure a judge ordered police to round up copies of the magazine -- a move strongly criticised by Spanish newspapers as against free speech as well as a gift to republicans because of the attention it drew to the publication. The issue of El Jueves sold out at news kiosks and became one of the most sought after images on the Internet in Spain.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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