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Attorney: 'Tintin ban is book burning'
Published Wednesday, Jun 2 2010, 10:49 BST | By Hugh Armitage
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Alain Berenboom, representative of Moulinsart - who own the rights to Herge's Tintin books - spoke against Congolese-born Belgian Bienvenu Mbutu Mondondo's move to ban Tintin in the Congo.
"I cannot accept racism but I consider it equally lamentable that we burn books," Berenboom told AFP. "To ban books is to burn them.
"Since the freedom of the press law of 1831 there are very few books banned in Belgium.
"In Egypt an association wants to ban the Arabian Nights. That's not where we are in Belgium."
Mondondo has lead a three-year effort to see the book banned for its portrayal of Congolese natives.
The case began last month.
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