Student newspaper reprints Moahmmed cartoon: paper recalled and editor suspended
Copies of the Universtiy of Cardiff's student newspaper Gair Rhydd (free word in Welsh) have been recalled and its editor and three other journalists have been suspended after the paper reprinted one of the 12 infamous Mohammed cartoons. Gair Rhydd has a potential student readership of 21 000.
To date the British press has not re-printed the cartoons; newspaper websites such as that of the Guardian have provided links to them, and the BBC broadcast a number of them on television.
A spokesperson for the University of Cardiff Students' Union made the following statement about the publication of the controversial cartoons: "The editorial team enjoy the normal freedoms and independence associated with the press in the UK, and are expected to exercise those freedoms with responsibility, due care and judgment, ... The students' union very much regrets any upset caused or disrespect shown by the publication of the controversial cartoon and has taken immediate action by promptly withdrawing all copies of this week's edition of Gair Rhydd at the earliest moment possible."
Additionally, the Students' Union has launched an investigation into how the cartoon came to be published at all.
Source: Media Guardian
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As professional journalists, our first duty is to inform, educate, entertain and defend the defenceless in society. Our ojective is not to offend people unduly .However, if in the course of our duty we make mistakes and our attention is drawn to such mistakes, we must be humble to admit our faults and apologise for them. There is no absolute freedom anywhere in the world.Even in heaven angels have no absolute freedom. And freedom of the press goes with responsiblity. I commend the Cardiff Students Union for their action againt the editor and others