Dutch daily Volkskrant not delivered

Moroccan newspaper deliverers in the IJmuiden-Velsen region refused to deliver the Dutch daily Volkskrant which published the Mohammed cartoons. The cartoons were published to illustrate the story about Jyllands-Posten and the ensuing developments.

According to the editor, Pieter Broertjes, it's unknown how many deliverers refused to do their job and how many subscribers didn't receive their papers but "we shouldn't make this out to be much worse than it is". Last Friday Broertjes said that several of his cartoonists had been threatened.

In 2001 subscribers of NRC Handelsblad did not receive their newspaper when the Muslim newspaper deliverers went on strike on account of that the Koran was pictures on the cover of the magazine.

Source: Planet Internet (Dutch)

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