Flemming Rose, the culture editor of Jyllands Posten, the Danish paper at the centre of the Mohammed cartoons row, has been sent on indefinite leave after a disagreement with the paper's management over whether cartoons satirising the Holocaust should be printed. (see previous posting) Rose's suggestion that Jyllands Posten print Holocaust cartoons along with Iranian paper Hamshari sparked a public row with the paper's editor in chief Carsten Juste, who has been pressured to resign because of the cartoon debacle.

A spokesman for the paper made the following statement: "The editorial management and Flemming Rose have agreed that he needed a break from work until further notice."

Additionally, the paper has asserted it will not be publishing any Holocaust cartoons, the following statement was posted on its website: "Jyllands-Posten in no circumstances will publish Holocaust cartoons from an Iranian newspaper."

Source: Guardian Unlimited Special Report, Media Guardian