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Eric Gaillard/Reuters Garry Trudeau, the Pulitzer Prize-winning satirical cartoonist behind Doonesbury, says his fellow satirists at Charlie Hebdo “wandered into the realm of hate speech.” Trudeau made the remark during his acceptance speech of the George Polk Awards in Journalism, according to Peter Bale, the head of the Center for Public Integrity. “Free speech… becomes its…
* Police believe man they shot dead behind both attacks * Two killed in attack on cultural event, synagogue * PM promises to protect Jewish communities (Adds new detail on suspect, police quote, PM comment on Jewish communities) By Sabina Zawadzki and Ole Mikkelsen COPENHAGEN, Feb 15 (Reuters) – Police shot…
Danish police said a man they shot dead early Sunday was likely behind the two shooting attacks Saturday in Copenhagen that killed two civilians and wounded five police officers. Officials said no evidence suggests other gunmen were involved in the shootings, one of which took place at a free-speech event at a cafe and the…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five police officers wounded in Copenhagen, stirring fears that another terror spree was underway in a European capital a month after 17…
Policemen secure the area around a building in Copenhagen, Denmark, where shots were fired on February 14, 2015 outside the venue of a debate held on art and free speech. (MARTIN SYLVEST/AFP/Getty Images) Hours after a gunman opened fire at a Denmark cafe during a discussion about cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, killing one person…
close shareTools LONDON — The Copenhagen police said on Sunday that they had shot and killed a man believed to be behind two attacks that killed two people, one at a cafe and one outside a synagogue. The first attack took place on Saturday, when a gunman sprayed bullets into the cafe where a Swedish…
Pulling back from social media has its perks when you can get away with it. I am often less upset and hurt, and it’s easier to see the flow of trends and how thought travels. It’s interesting, I know I’m missing huge swathes of reactions and emotions on Twitter, but usually these arise in think…
<span><span><span class=”message_content”>How the language police are perverting liberalism. </span></span></span> How the language police are perverting liberalism. Around 2 a.m. on December 12, four students approached the apartment of Omar Mahmood, a Muslim student at the University of Michigan, who had recently published a column in a school newspaper about his perspective as a…
For French Jews, the choice between France and Israel is no choice at all. Bullet holes scar the storefront of the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket in Paris. (Charles Platiau/Reuters) Journalists and Jews: The victims of the atrocity in Paris are a shattering reminder of an old historical conjunction. The link between Charlie Hebdo and Hyper…
Since 17 people were murdered in the Paris terror attacks that started with a massacre of cartoonists, staff, and police at Charlie Hebdo magazine almost two weeks ago, The New York Times has not deemed fit to print even one caricature by the French satirical weekly, citing Muslim sensitivities. But today the Times opened up her august…