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|description_of_incident=On October 7, 2011, the privately owned Nessma television station broadcast “Persepolis,” an animated feature film about a girl’s childhood in Iran. The broadcast led to protests and a trial against the station's owner, Nabil Karoui, in Tunisia because it contained a scene depicting Allah, which some consider to be forbidden by Islam. | |description_of_incident=On October 7, 2011, the privately owned Nessma television station broadcast “Persepolis,” an animated feature film about a girl’s childhood in Iran. The broadcast led to protests and a trial against the station's owner, Nabil Karoui, in Tunisia because it contained a scene depicting Allah, which some consider to be forbidden by Islam. | ||
|description_of_result=Karoui was fined 2,400 dinars (about $1,700) on May 3, 2012 for airing the film. The ruling, which condemned Karoui for "broadcasting a film that disturbs public order and threatens proper morals," followed a long legal battle in a case widely seen as a landmark test of freedom of expression in the country that triggered the Arab Spring. The defence said it plans to appeal the verdict. | |description_of_result=Karoui was fined 2,400 dinars (about $1,700) on May 3, 2012 for airing the film. The ruling, which condemned Karoui for "broadcasting a film that disturbs public order and threatens proper morals," followed a long legal battle in a case widely seen as a landmark test of freedom of expression in the country that triggered the Arab Spring. The defence said it plans to appeal the verdict. | ||
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|source=https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/01/23/190094.html | |||
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The airing of the film prompted attacks on the station's offices and Karoui's home by protesting activists linked to Salafism, a conservative strand of Islam. | The airing of the film prompted attacks on the station's offices and Karoui's home by protesting activists linked to Salafism, a conservative strand of Islam. | ||
[https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/01/25/tunisia-persepolis-trial-setback-free-expression Tunisia: “Persepolis” Trial a Setback for Free Expression: Authorities Stand by as Journalists Assaulted JANUARY 25, 2012 12:00AM EST ] | |||
[http://www.france24.com/en/20120503-tunisian-tv-chief-fined-screening-persepolis-karoui-franco-iranian-film-revolution-nessma Trial of Nabil Karoui, Owner of Nessma TV for Broadcasting Persepolis Last October, By Asma Ghribi on January 22, 2012] | |||
[https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/01/23/190094.html ‘Persepolis’ trial resumes in Tunisia in tense climate, Monday, 23 January 2012] | |||
[http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/afrique/persepolis-et-nessma-tv-en-tunisie-une-victoire-pour-les-ennemis-de-la-liberte_1110953.html Persepolis et Nessma TV en Tunisie: "Une victoire pour les ennemis de la liberté" par Camille Le Tallec, à Tunis, publié le 03/05/2012 à 16:57] | |||
[http://www.france24.com/en/20120503-tunisian-tv-chief-fined-screening-persepolis-karoui-franco-iranian-film-revolution-nessma Tunisian TV chief fined for airing 'Persepolis'] | |||
[https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/05/03/211911.html Tunisian court fines TV director for screening ‘Persepolis’, Thursday, 03 May 2012] | |||
[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/tunisian-who-showed-persepolis-on-tv-fined-in-free-speech-case/2012/05/03/gIQA0GpzyT_story.html Tunisian court finds broadcaster guilty in showing God’s image, By Marc Fisher May 3, 2012] | |||
Latest revision as of 20:33, 7 October 2016
Artist: Marjane Satrapi
Year: 2012
Date of Action: October 2011 - May 2012
Region: Africa
Location: Tunisia
Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion, Religion
Medium: Television
Confronting Bodies: Tunisian Government
Description of Artwork: "Persepolis" is a 2007 French/American animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. Written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud, the film follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story ends with Marjane as a 24-year-old expatriate. The title is a reference to the historic city of Persepolis.
The Incident: On October 7, 2011, the privately owned Nessma television station broadcast “Persepolis,” an animated feature film about a girl’s childhood in Iran. The broadcast led to protests and a trial against the station's owner, Nabil Karoui, in Tunisia because it contained a scene depicting Allah, which some consider to be forbidden by Islam.
Results of Incident: Karoui was fined 2,400 dinars (about $1,700) on May 3, 2012 for airing the film. The ruling, which condemned Karoui for "broadcasting a film that disturbs public order and threatens proper morals," followed a long legal battle in a case widely seen as a landmark test of freedom of expression in the country that triggered the Arab Spring. The defence said it plans to appeal the verdict.
Source:
• https://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/01/23/190094.html
The airing of the film prompted attacks on the station's offices and Karoui's home by protesting activists linked to Salafism, a conservative strand of Islam.
‘Persepolis’ trial resumes in Tunisia in tense climate, Monday, 23 January 2012
Tunisian TV chief fined for airing 'Persepolis'
Tunisian court fines TV director for screening ‘Persepolis’, Thursday, 03 May 2012
Tunisian court finds broadcaster guilty in showing God’s image, By Marc Fisher May 3, 2012
