
Each year, the Free Press Society of Denmark gives out the Sappho Award — a prize for courage in the advocacy of free speech, named after the Greek poet who serves as the Society’s icon. This year’s winner is cartoonist Lars Vilks, who has been dealing with death threats from Muslims in Europe ever since drawing a dog with Mohammed’s head in 2007.
by John Hayward16 Mar 2015, 1:57 PM PST0

Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, host of the free-speech conference in Copenhagen that came under attack this weekend – and quite possibly the primary target of the attackers, as he spent the last eight years living under an Islamist death sentence for drawing a cartoon of Mohammed – gave an interview to France24 after the attack, in which he declared he was not intimidated by the violence.
by John Hayward15 Feb 2015, 4:21 PM PST0

The suspected gunman behind double shootings in Copenhagen was identified by Danish media Sunday as a 22-year-old with a history of violent crime who had only been freed from jail two weeks ago.
by Breitbart News15 Feb 2015, 1:20 PM PST0

Sunday on CNN, artist Lars Vilks discussed the Copenhagen terror attack that killed two and injured three others. In a free speech debate held by the cartoonist who has been under death threats since his 2007 caricatures of Muhammad, he
by Pam Key15 Feb 2015, 1:06 PM PST0