After the attack at Charlie Hebdo magazine headquarters in Paris that left 12 people dead, a group assembled outside French Consulate in downtown Istanbul, protesting the incident with one minute of silence and pencils.
Journalists affiliated with various news organizations in Turkey protested the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris by releasing photos taken from their offices with the banner “Je suis Charlie”.
French government donates $1.2 million to ensure Charlie Hebdo lives on
A Charlie Hebdo contributor who arrived at the magazine’s offices moments after the attack which killed 12 people describes the scene.
Cartoon in support of Jabeur Mejri, by FeyMauritanian blogger Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mohamed was sentenced to deathby firing squad on December 24, 2014, for an online article he published over a year ago. This is Mauritania’s first death sentence for apostasy since independence in 1960.
A large and growing majority of Germans believe Islam does not belong in the Western world and more than half see it as a threat, a poll published Jan. 8 showed.
Photojournalist Metin Göktepe, who was beaten to death while in police custody, was commemorated on the 19th anniversary of death with family and friends holding banners in support of Charlie Hebdo
Charlie Hebdo was about more than its fiercely satirical cartoons. It changed the French media and legal landscape forever and was instrumental in the struggle to protect hard-hitting investigative reporting.
Why the battle for free speech is so important
Turkey’s top cleric warns that “violence and terrorist attacks,” which should be labeled “crimes against humanity,” are aimed at sparking conflicts between religions and civilizations
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