Playwright and poet Meltem Arikan contributes a new poem reflecting on the Charlie Hebdo attack. How can thoughts be free?
Meltem Arikan: Colours Dripping Red
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Nadhim Zahawi MP: It’s time for the Islamic world to support free speech – and repeal blasphemy laws
You can’t kill an idea by killing people. The sickening attack on Charlie Hebdo has shown that to be true. As France mourns her dead, millions around the world are discovering the work of her bravest satirists. Nous sommes Charlie.
Don’t just click – speak out for free speech
If you said ‘I believe in free expression, but…’ at any point in the past week, then this is for you. If you declared yourself to be ‘Charlie’, but have ever called for an offensive image to be removed from public viewing, then this is for you.
Long line of unresolved attacks scars Serbian journalism
Six months have elapsed since Davor Pasalic, editor of Serbian news agency FoNet, was brutally assaulted by unknown assailants, but police have made no progress in unmasking the culprits or discovering their motives. The attack is just one of a long line of violence against journalists in Serbia.
Don’t let free speech die
Today we are publishing work from the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo as part of a global action in a signal of solidarity with the French publication, which came under such deadly attack yesterday.
Padraig Reidy: Laugh? I nearly died. Of hunger
Those who have raised their voice attempting to prevent the development of a comedy show script based on the Irish famine are simply parading their ignorance
Freedom of expression is non-negotiable
Index on Censorship condemns this appalling attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, and any attempt to silence a free press.
How cartoonists responded to the attack on Charlie Hebdo
People around the world show solidarity with the French satirical magazine
Gay Egyptians living in “constant fear” as crackdown from authorities and media worsens
In recent months, 150 suspected homosexuals have been arrested and detained, while reporting by pro-government media has further fuelled prejudice against gay people. Shahira Amin reports
Bosnia: Police raid is “attack on the public’s right to know and to be informed”
Press organisations and representatives have strongly condemned a police raid on Bosnia news site Klix.ba that took place on 29 Dec. Authorities are trying to uncover the source of a recording that is said to be of the Republika Srpska Prime Minister Zeljka Cvijanovic.