BPC Bulletin: Charlie Hebdo Update
News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee.
September 1, 2020 -This week, the trial of 14 people begins in a courtroom in Paris, France. All are suspected of helping Islamist terrorists attack the office of Charlie Hebdo, the satirical magazine, and a kosher supermarket in January 2015.
Charlie Hebdo has decided to reprint the cartoons of Muhammad that enraged some Muslims before the attack.
REPORTAGE
The National Post reports:
Al Jazeera reports:
At National Public Radio, Scott Neuman reports:
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/01/908414559/charlie-hebdo-to-reprint-muhammad-cartoons-as-trial-linked-to-2015-attack-begins
At Radio France Internationale, Mike Woods reports:
Thanks go to Charles Montpetit who provided the news tip.
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