#je suis Charlie

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10 ans. Ni oubli, ni pardon.

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Attentat de Charlie Hebdo. Dix ans après, que reste-il de l'esprit Charlie ?

Le 7 janvier 2015, la rédaction du journal satirique Charlie Hebdo était victime d'une attaque terroriste. Un drame qui a ému des millions de Français, engagés pour la tolérance. Dix ans après, que reste-t-il de cet esprit Charlie qui prône le vivre-ensemble ?

Le journal avait été réalisé dans des conditions incroyables, une semaine seulement après l'attentat du 7 janvier 2015 qui ôta la vie à douze personnes dont huit membres de sa rédaction. Mais l'accueil du public fut exceptionnel : 8 millions d'exemplaires vendus au total par « Charlie Hebdo », en France et à l'étranger. De quoi faire bondir les bénéfices de la société, avec un résultat net de 14,5 millions d'euros en 2015.

Dix ans plus tard, les chiffres se sont dégonflés, avec des ventes qui se stabilisent autour de 50.000 exemplaires par numéro (dont 30.000 pour les abonnés). Un chiffre toujours supérieur à celui de la période précédant l'attentat, durant laquelle l'hebdo se diffusait en moyenne à 30.000 exemplaires.

En 2023, les bénéfices se sont établis à 243.000 euros, en baisse constante depuis 2020, année où « Charlie Hebdo » affichait un résultat dix fois supérieur. Mais la performance demeure notable, dans un secteur de la presse en difficulté. Pour 2024, le directeur général du journal, Philippe Debruyne, assure que les comptes seront à nouveau dans le vert, « et sans doute un peu au-dessus de ceux des années précédentes ».

L'anniversaire des dix ans de la tragédie devrait très certainement doper les ventes de ce début d'année. Le numéro spécial de 32 pages publié ce mardi 7 janvier sera tiré à 300.000 exemplaires, sous le titre « Charlie Hebdo', increvable ! ». Vendu au prix de 5 euros, le journal proposera, entre autres, près de 40 caricatures issues d'un concours lancé auprès des dessinateurs du monde entier, sur le thème : « dessiner votre colère contre l'emprise de toutes les religions sur vos libertés ».

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07.01.2025: "Je suis Charlie"

10th anniversary of the attack on ‘Charlie Hebdo’ in Paris

A silent commemoration of the victims of the Islamist attack on the satirical magazine ‘Charlie Hebdo’ is taking place in Paris today. The relatives of the victims had asked President Emmanuel Macron not to give a speech. So today they are silently remembering the events of ten years ago in front of the former editorial offices. On 7 January 2015 at 11:30 a.m., two masked Islamists stormed the daily editorial meeting of Charlie Hebdo with Kalashnikovs, shouting ‘God is great!’ and ‘We are avenging the prophet!’ First they shot the doorman, then eight journalists and cartoonists, including editor-in-chief Stéphane Charbonnier. He had been under personal protection for months, and the policeman was also shot dead. During their escape, the assassins killed two more people. Twelve dead in a few minutes. The attack hit France hard. We talk to Romy Straßenburg, former editor-in-chief of the German edition of Charlie Hebdo, about the state of freedom of expression in France.

Anti-democratic forces are trying to restrict freedom of expression all over the world.

We must fight for freedom of expression, even when we do not share the opinion, as long as it remains within the framework of the rights of free democracy.

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Je suis Charlie

Coïncidence

Une intelligence rare

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#no to suppressing freedoms in other countries

#no to any extremism

#fight tyrants not artists

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By: France 24

Published: Jan 7, 2025

France on Tuesday marked 10 years since the terrorist shooting that targeted satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo led commemorations at the newspaper's former offices, where two al Qaeda-linked gunmen killed a dozen people in January 2015.  

France marked on Tuesday 10 years since an Islamist attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper that shocked the country and led to fierce debate about freedom of expression and religion.

President Emmanuel Macron and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo led commemorations at the site of the weekly's former offices, which were stormed by two masked al Qaeda-linked gunmen with AK-47 assault rifles.

Macron and Hidalgo also remembered Ahmed Merabet, a Muslim police officer guarding the offices who was executed at point-blank range as he begged for his life in one of the most shocking images recorded of the tragedy.

Twelve people died in the attacks, including eight editorial staff, while a separate but linked hostage-taking at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris by a third gunman on January 9, 2015, claimed another four lives.

The bloodshed signalled the start of a dark period for France during which extremists inspired by al Qaeda and the Islamic State group repeatedly mounted attacks that set the country on edge and raised religious tensions.

"Today is not necessarily sad," Frederica Wolinksi, the daughter of famed French cartoonist and Charlie Hebdo contributor Georges Wolinski said. "It's good that 10 years later we can still remember those who died on 7 January so well."

A retrospective of Wolinski's work went on display at a Paris gallery at the end of last year in one of several media events, from new books to documentaries, to commemorate the anniversary.

Charlie Hebdo has published a special edition to mark the 10-year anniversary that features a front-page cartoon with the caption "Indestructible!"

In a typically provocative move, the militantly atheist publication also organised a God-themed cartoon contest that invited submissions of the "funniest and meanest" caricatures of religious figures.

"Satire has a virtue that has enabled us to get through these tragic years: optimism," said an editorial by its director Laurent Sourisseau, known as "Riss", who survived the 2015 massacre.

"If you want to laugh, it means you want to live."

The attack on the newspaper by two Paris-born brothers of Algerian descent was said to be revenge for its decision to publish caricatures lampooning the Prophet Mohammed, Islam's most revered figure.

'Je suis Charlie'

The killings fuelled an outpouring of sympathy in France expressed in a wave of "Je Suis Charlie" ("I Am Charlie") solidarity, with many protestors brandishing pencils and pens and vowing not to be intimidated by religious fanatics.

[ Francois Hollande, then president, led a solidarity march in Paris joined by 40 other world leaders days after the 2015 attack. ]

Days after the attack France's then-president François Hollande led a solidarity march in Paris joined by 40 world leaders and millions of protestors in support of free speech.

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, speaking on RTL Tuesday, acknowledged how far France has come, while warning of the persistent dangers.

“France has rearmed considerably, but the threat is still there,” he said, pointing to both external dangers and the rise of homegrown radicalisation.

“The nature of the threat has changed,” Retailleau added. “It is now primarily endogenous – young individuals radicalised through social media. Last year alone, our services foiled nine attacks, the highest number since 2017.”

The impact of the attacks continued to reverberate beyond France.

On the 10-year anniversary, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that Germany "shares the pain of our French friends".

The "barbaric attack ... targeted our common values of liberty and democracy – which we will never accept", Scholz said in a post in French on X.

Cartoons and controversy

The 10-year anniversary of the killings has lead to fresh introspection in France about the nature of press freedom and the ability of publications such as Charlie Hebdo to blaspheme and ridicule religious figures, particularly Islamic ones.

"Are we all still Charlie?" public broadcaster France 2 will ask in a special debate programme on Tuesday evening, with all major media organisations marking the event in some way.

Left-leaning daily Le Monde said the shock of the killings was comparable to that felt in the United States after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the country.

"How can we not deplore that the 'I am Charlie' has given way to a certain relativism with regards to freedom of expression and blasphemy, in particular among young generations?" it said.

Critics of Charlie Hebdo, foreign and domestic, are often puzzled by its crude humour and deliberately provocative cartoons that regularly incite controversy.

It has been accused of crossing the line into Islamophobia – which it denies – while its decision to repeatedly publish cartoons of Mohammed was seen by some as driving a wedge between the white French population and the country's large Muslim minority.

But a survey carried out by polling group Ifop and published in this week's Charlie Hebdo indicated widespread public support among French people for the freedom of expression to override concern for religious sensibilities.

A total of 76 percent of respondents believed freedom of expression and the freedom to caricature were fundamental rights, and 62 percent thought people had the right to mock religious beliefs.

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[ "Indestructible!" ]

"If you want to laugh, it means you want to live. Laughing, irony, and caricatures are manifestations of optimism. Whatever happens, dramatic or happy, the desire to laugh will never cease." -- Charlie Hebdo director Riss

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Ne jamais oublier !!!!

Le dimanche 11 janvier 2015

Lyon

Une marche pour l’histoire

By Julie