RWB appeals to media outlets to publish Charlie Hebdo cartoons - Reporters Without Borders
In response to today’s shocking attack on the
satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo that cost 12 lives, Reporters Without
Borders issues an international appeal to media editors to begin
publishing Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons tomorrow.
Renowned worldwide for its irreverent cartoons, Charlie Hebdo
has always put its fight for freedom of information first. And now its
staff has been decimated by an unspeakable act of violence that targets
the entire press. Journalism as whole is in mourning.
But freedom of information cannot shrink in the face of
barbarity and yield to blackmail by those who assail out democracy and
what our republic stands for. In the name of all those who have fallen
in the defence of fundamental values, let us continue Charlie Hebdo’s fight for free information.
