Trial Begins Over Charlie Hebdo Jihadist Killings that Shook France
4 years, 4 months ago

Trial Begins Over Charlie Hebdo Jihadist Killings that Shook France

News 18  

Fourteen people accused of helping jihadist gunmen attack the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish supermarket went on trial Wednesday, over five years after days of terror that sent shockwaves through France. The attacks that began on January 7, 2015 sparked a series of jihadist attacks on French soil, including “lone wolf” killings by people said to be inspired by the Islamic State group that have since claimed more than 250 lives. ‘Courageous move’ Twelve people, including some of France’s most celebrated cartoonists, were gunned down on January 7, 2015, when brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi stormed the paper’s offices in eastern Paris. We will never give up,” Charlie Hebdo director Laurent “Riss” Sourisseau, who was wounded in the attack and will attend the trial, wrote in an editorial published Wednesday.

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France marks 10 years since deadly Charlie Hebdo attack
1 week, 1 day ago

France marks 10 years since deadly Charlie Hebdo attack

Associated Press  

PARIS — A decade after Islamic extremist gunmen stormed the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in a deadly assault that shook France to its core and ignited a global outcry in defense of freedom of speech, the nation paused on Tuesday to honor the victims and renew its resolve to fight for liberty and democracy. Two days after …

French weekly Charlie Hebdo marks 10th anniversary of attack with special edition
1 week, 1 day ago

French weekly Charlie Hebdo marks 10th anniversary of attack with special edition

The Hindu  

The French satirical newsweekly Charlie Hebdo will this week mark 10 years since 12 people died in an attack on its newsroom with a special edition of the magazine. "Today the values of Charlie Hebdo — such as humour, satire, freedom of expression, ecology, secularism, feminism, to name a few — have never been so under threat," the magazine's editor …

France's Charlie Hebdo holds God cartoon contest 10 years since attack
4 weeks, 2 days ago

France's Charlie Hebdo holds God cartoon contest 10 years since attack

The Hindu  

Ten years after a deadly attack on its office that shocked France, Charlie Hebdo magazine is marking the anniversary with a cartoon contest mocking God, with Sunday as the deadline for submissions. The attackers — two brothers who were later killed by police — targeted Charlie Hebdo after it decided to publish caricatures lampooning the Prophet Mohammed, Islam's most revered …

Charlie Hebdo: France's satirical magazine in new controversy
2 years ago

Charlie Hebdo: France's satirical magazine in new controversy

New Indian Express  

The irreverent and militantly atheist publication operates today with round-the-clock police protection and from a secret location, seven years after it was attacked by Islamist gunmen. "There is nothing to regret," Charlie Hebdo's director Laurent Sourisseau, known as "Riss", told a French court in 2020 during a trial of accomplices to the 2015 gunmen. The murders sparked a global outpouring …

EXPLAINER: What's at stake in the 2015 Paris attacks trial?
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: What's at stake in the 2015 Paris attacks trial?

The Independent  

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Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks to begin
3 years, 4 months ago

Trial of 20 men accused in 2015 Paris attacks to begin

The Independent  

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EXPLAINER: What's at stake in the 2015 Paris attacks trial?
3 years, 4 months ago

EXPLAINER: What's at stake in the 2015 Paris attacks trial?

The Independent  

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IS widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher market attacks
4 years ago

IS widow convicted in Charlie Hebdo, kosher market attacks

Associated Press  

PARIS — The fugitive widow of an Islamic State gunman and a man described as his logistician were convicted Wednesday of terrorism charges and sentenced to 30 years in prison in the trial of 14 people linked to the January 2015 Paris attacks against the satirical Charlie Hebdo newspaper and a kosher supermarket. “This is the end of a trial …

Charlie Hebdo: Despite Violence, French Satirical Newspaper is 'Proud' to Provoke Islamists
4 years, 2 months ago

Charlie Hebdo: Despite Violence, French Satirical Newspaper is 'Proud' to Provoke Islamists

News 18  

It’s been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won’t stop poking fun at Islamic extremism. Since a trial opened last month over the 2015 attack that killed 12 of its cartoonists, the newspaper has chronicled the proceedings daily and devoted nearly half …

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence
4 years, 2 months ago

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence

The Independent  

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Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence
4 years, 2 months ago

Charlie Hebdo: Proud to provoke Islamists, despite violence

Associated Press  

PARIS — It’s been targeted again and again, threatened and firebombed and struck in an attack that killed a dozen staff members, but satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo won’t stop poking fun at Islamic extremism. Since a trial opened last month over the 2015 attack that killed 12 of its cartoonists, the newspaper has chronicled the proceedings daily and devoted …

Giant images of Prophet Mohammed appear on French government building
4 years, 2 months ago

Giant images of Prophet Mohammed appear on French government building

India TV News  

A French city defied Islamist terrorism by projecting huge images of Charlie Hebdo caricatures on a local government building on Wednesday as heavily armed police officers stood guard. The projections, which included caricatures of Prophet Mohammed, came as part of a French national tribute to middle-school teacher Samuel Paty which took place on Wednesday evening. Paty, a history teacher in …

France: Charlie Hebdo cartoons projected on government building to express solidarity with Samuel Paty
4 years, 2 months ago

France: Charlie Hebdo cartoons projected on government building to express solidarity with Samuel Paty

Op India  

Days after the barbaric beheading of teacher Samuel Paty on the streets of Paris by a terrorist for showing the cartoons of Prophet Mohammad to his students, support continues to pour in for the deceased teacher. Amidst heavy security, the locals projected huge images of Charlie Hebdo cartoons and the images of Samuel Paty on a local government building as …

Paris beheading: Teacher killed amidst chants of Allahu Akbar for showing Charlie Hebdo cartoon to students
4 years, 2 months ago

Paris beheading: Teacher killed amidst chants of Allahu Akbar for showing Charlie Hebdo cartoon to students

Op India  

In a barbaric attack, a high-school teacher was beheaded by an Islamic terrorist in the French capital Paris for allegedly shown caricatures of the Prophet of Islam to his students. The Paris beheading comes as a grim reminder of the Charlie Hebdo massacre where Islamic terrorists had gunned down 12 people in their officers for publishing the caricature. Teacher was …

Suspect claims prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings
4 years, 3 months ago

Suspect claims prophet caricatures prompted Paris stabbings

The Independent  

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Paris cleaver attack suspect says he wanted to target Charlie Hebdo over controversial cartoons
4 years, 3 months ago

Paris cleaver attack suspect says he wanted to target Charlie Hebdo over controversial cartoons

Firstpost  

The suspect, who said he was born in the Pakistani city of Mandi Bahauddin and is 18-years old, ’takes responsibility for his action,’ a source close to the investigation told AFP Paris, France: A Pakistan-born teenager has admitted to stabbing two people with a meat cleaver outside the former Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo magazine, investigators said Saturday, with nine …

Paris knife attack suspect says he was targeting Charlie Hebdo, according to police
4 years, 3 months ago

Paris knife attack suspect says he was targeting Charlie Hebdo, according to police

ABC  

The man believed to have attacked and wounded two people with a meat cleaver on Friday is cooperating with police and said he had targeted weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, a police source has told Reuters. Key points: Nine people are in custody, including the suspected attacker Charlie Hebdo vacated its offices after the 2015 attack and is now in …

Paris stabbings: Suspect ‘targeted Charlie Hebdo in anger at Prophet Muhammad cartoons’
4 years, 3 months ago

Paris stabbings: Suspect ‘targeted Charlie Hebdo in anger at Prophet Muhammad cartoons’

The Independent  

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Paris stabbings: Seven people in custody after attacks near former Charlie Hebdo office
4 years, 3 months ago

Paris stabbings: Seven people in custody after attacks near former Charlie Hebdo office

The Independent  

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France: 7 in custody after stabbing linked to Charlie Hebdo
4 years, 3 months ago

France: 7 in custody after stabbing linked to Charlie Hebdo

Live Mint  

Seven people were in custody Saturday after a stabbing outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, including the suspected assailant, authorities said. Counterterrorism authorities are investigating what authorities called an Islamic extremist attack linked to Charlie Hebdo, which lost 12 employees in an al-Qaida attack in 2015. The suspected assailant in Friday's stabbing had been arrested a …

France: 7 in custody after stabbing linked to Charlie Hebdo
4 years, 3 months ago

France: 7 in custody after stabbing linked to Charlie Hebdo

The Independent  

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Two people stabbed outside Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris; French interior minister terms attack 'act of terror'
4 years, 3 months ago

Two people stabbed outside Charlie Hebdo's office in Paris; French interior minister terms attack 'act of terror'

Firstpost  

The minister said the assailant arrived in France three years ago as an unaccompanied minor, apparently from Pakistan, but his identity was still being verified Paris: A young man stabbed two people Friday outside the former Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, where 12 people were killed in 2015, and a terrorism investigation has been opened into the new …

Charlie Hebdo: Two stabbed outside magazine’s former offices in Paris after cartoons republished
4 years, 3 months ago

Charlie Hebdo: Two stabbed outside magazine’s former offices in Paris after cartoons republished

The Independent  

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At least two stabbed near Charlie Hebdo’s former offices in Paris
4 years, 3 months ago

At least two stabbed near Charlie Hebdo’s former offices in Paris

Live Mint  

Paris: At least two people were stabbed on Friday near the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris that was attacked by Islamist militants over five years ago, in an incident anti-terrorism police were investigating. Prime Minister Jean Castex had earlier said four people had been stabbed, but a police source later told Reuters the number of …

Terrorism investigation launched after two wounded in Paris knife attack near former Charlie Hebdo offices
4 years, 3 months ago

Terrorism investigation launched after two wounded in Paris knife attack near former Charlie Hebdo offices

ABC  

A man armed with a meat cleaver has attacked and wounded two people in front of the former offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris. Key points: The two people wounded suffered critical injuries, according to a police official The area was cordoned off and the official said a suspicious package was noticed nearby The trial of alleged accomplices …

Charlie Hebdo HR chief had 'ten minutes' to leave home forever over death threats during terror trial
4 years, 3 months ago

Charlie Hebdo HR chief had 'ten minutes' to leave home forever over death threats during terror trial

The Telegraph  

Charlie Hebdo's head of human resources was given "10 minutes” to leave her home after police received credible death threats during the ongoing trial over the January 2015 massacre at the satirical weekly in Paris. Marika Bret, who has been living under police protection for nearly five years since the deadly assault, said the threats were "sufficiently concrete to be …

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with a '2015 like massacre'
4 years, 4 months ago

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo with a '2015 like massacre'

Op India  

Threats have been looming over the French weekly satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, ever since it has announced that it will republish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed. After Islamists from countries like Pakistan and Iran admonished the French Magazine’s decision, terror organisation Al-Qaeda has also joined in to threaten Charlie Hebdo of a ‘2015 like massacre’ if it does not reevaluate its …

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo for republishing Mohammed cartoons: Report
4 years, 4 months ago

Al-Qaeda threatens Charlie Hebdo for republishing Mohammed cartoons: Report

India Today  

Al-Qaeda has threatened French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo with a repeat of a 2015 massacre of its staff, after it republished controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the SITE observatory said on Friday. Twelve people, including some of France's most celebrated cartoonists, were killed on January 7, 2015, when brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi went on a gun rampage at …

Charlie Hebdo caricaturist Corinne Rey appears in court, recounts being forced to let gunmen into building
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo caricaturist Corinne Rey appears in court, recounts being forced to let gunmen into building

ABC  

The Charlie Hebdo caricaturist has recalled the horrifying moment she was was forced at gunpoint to open the satirical newspaper office's doors to two Al-Qaeda extremists during attacks in 2015. Key points: Seventeen people were killed in the January 2015 attacks, 12 in and around the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo Caricaturist Corinne Rey was forced to let the …

Charlie Hebdo defiantly tests limits of free speech as terror trial begins
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo defiantly tests limits of free speech as terror trial begins

The Independent  

On Wednesday morning, as 14 people accused of orchestrating the deadly terrorist attack on French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo prepared to stand trial, the top trending term on Twitter in France was #JeNeSuisPasCharlie. open image in gallery The cover of ‘Charlie Hebdo’ reads ‘All of this, just for that’, in the edition published on Wednesday 2 September French president Emmanuel …

Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects go on trial in Paris
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects go on trial in Paris

Associated Press  

PARIS — Thirteen men and a woman went on trial Wednesday in the 2015 attacks against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket in Paris that marked the beginning of a wave of violence by the Islamic State group in Europe. Two days later, on the eve of the Jewish Sabbath, Amedy Coulibaly stormed the Hyper Cacher supermarket, …

Charlie Hebdo reprints controversial cartoons of prophet Muhammad ahead of terror trial
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo reprints controversial cartoons of prophet Muhammad ahead of terror trial

The Independent  

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Charlie Hebdo reprints offensive Prophet Muhammad caricatures
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo reprints offensive Prophet Muhammad caricatures

Al Jazeera  

Move comes a day before 13 men and one woman – accused of assisting the 2015 attackers of the newspaper – go on trial. The French satirical newspaper whose Paris offices were attacked in 2015 is reprinting the controversial caricatures of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad that the gunmen who opened fire on its editorial staff cited as their motivation. The January …

Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects go on trial in Paris
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo terror attack suspects go on trial in Paris

LA Times  

Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo’s chief editor, Laurent Sourisseau, known as Riss, center, arrives at the courtroom for the opening of the trial on Wednesday in Paris. Thirteen men and a woman went on trial Wednesday in the 2015 attacks against the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper and a kosher supermarket in Paris that marked the beginning of a wave of violence …

Charlie Hebdo re-runs prophet Mohammed cartoons to mark terrorist attack trial
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo re-runs prophet Mohammed cartoons to mark terrorist attack trial

ABC  

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo is republishing caricatures of the Islamic prophet Mohammed, which unleashed a wave of anger in the Muslim world, to mark the start of the trial of alleged accomplices in the militant attack against it 2015. Key points: Twelve people were killed when gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo in 2015 For Muslims, any …

Charlie Hebdo republishes Prophet Mohammed cartoons as trial begins this week
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo republishes Prophet Mohammed cartoons as trial begins this week

The Hindu  

French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, the target of a massacre by Islamist gunmen in 2015, on Tuesday said it was republishing hugely controversial cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to mark the start of the trial this week of alleged accomplices in the attack. We will never give up,” its director Laurent “Riss” Sourisseau wrote in an editorial to go with …

Charlie Hebdo to reprint controversial cartoons as terror trial begins
4 years, 4 months ago

Charlie Hebdo to reprint controversial cartoons as terror trial begins

CNN  

Paris CNN Business — French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo will republish controversial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed this week as people allegedly involved in the deadly attack on its newsroom go on trial in Paris. The next edition of Charlie Hebdo, which will be published as the trial begins on Wednesday, carries not only the cartoons but a tribute to …

Five years on from Charlie Hebdo attacks, France pays homage
5 years ago

Five years on from Charlie Hebdo attacks, France pays homage

The Hindu  

Staff at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Tuesday stood in silence outside their former offices where, five years ago, Islamist gunmen began a three-day rampage in which they killed 17 people. The magazine, which had angered Muslims by publishing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, was adopted after the attack as a symbol of free speech and the slogan “ …

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