Don't Shoot the Messenger
September 2005 : Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishes cartoons which depicted Islamic prophet Muhammad. These cartoons created a lot of controversies. On Oct 2005, Muslim organization complained about the cartoons and the police investigated on their complain. In Jan 2006 the case was dropped as the police couldn't find any violation of Danish laws. September 2012 : Indian national Assem Trivedi (cartoon against corruption) was arrested on sedition charges. Earlier in Dec 2011 his website was suspended by Crime Branch, Mumbai. The reason for this arrest is that the government thought he discredited the national emblem of union of India in his cartoon. He was later released on bail. January 2015 : The office of French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo came under attack from armed gunmen which resulted in death of 12 persons (including editor and cartoonist). The armed gunmen claimed that they attacked the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo because they didn...