Posted on 02/17/2006 10:40:48 AM PST by abb
Published: February 17, 2006 10:44 AM ET
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) An attorney for the editor at the University of Illinois' student-run newspaper who was suspended this week is demanding the paper stop critical statements about the student.
Editor-in-chief Acton Gorton and another editor were suspended this week for their decision to run a series of cartoons that have sparked violence around the Islamic world.
Gorton's attorney, Junaid Afeef, sent a letter to the board of the Illini Media Company yesterday. He's demanding that the paper stop what he calls "defamatory statements" about Gorton.
The paper's editorial staff told readers this week that the two editors chose to run the cartoons without their knowledge.
Gorton's attorney says the paper has made false statements about the decision to publish the cartoons.
No freedom of speech at the U of I!!!!!
Where are all the protests and sit-ins by all the great liberal professors there??
Go Illini!
That's my alma mater.
Go Illini!
The suspended students are very savvy, they hired a Muslim attorney..
He'll either win or behead the opponents. Great incentive for them to reach a settlement I guess.....
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