Viet Nam Human Rights
Charlie Hebdo: the French Free Speech?
23/8/16
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| Charlie Hebdo's satirical cartoon |
A Muslim extremist sent
words of threat to slaughter Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical magazine, after the
magazine published a caricature of Islam.
Recently, Charlie Hebdo
published a brochure with a cover cartoon of a Muslim man and a Muslim woman.
In the cartoon, the woman is wearing a headscarf and the man has long beards,
Islamic style.
However, both of them are
naked and smiling and dancing freely, along with the caption “Musulmans
de-cents-CEZ-vous” which means “The reforms of Muslim. Muslim has opened”. The
cartoon has even posted as the avatar of Charlie Hebdo’s Facebook page.
Right after the brochure
was published, the magazine’s staffs have received a lot of hand-writing
letters, threatening that: “You will die.” Immediately, Charlie Habdo had to
call Paris
police for protection, and added that they have been threatening since the
beginning of the summer.
At the moment, the
cartoon has sparked a critical wave in France. It also turns France
into targets of Muslim extremist forces’ attacks.
As we known, this French satirical magazine has been in
trouble a lot of times because of publishing provocative cartoons related to
sensitive matters. For example, drawing caricatures of drought Syrian children being
washed ashore in the refugee journey, or satire about migration crisis in Europe...
However the international
does not seem to feel funny to see these caricatures. Otherwise, they has
sparked outrage to the public and been targets of terrorists’ attacks.
Remember that, January 7
2015, the headquarters of Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris was attacked by armed
terrorists, 12 people were killed, 11 people were wounded including 4 people
were in bad injure. The terrorists announced that the attack was in revenge for
the magazine’s publishing of caricatures insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
After the attack, the
magazine’s staffs had been working under the protection of the police. And now,
after the latest cartoon was published, the staffs have received consecutively
60 threatening letters, prompting a massacre again in France in
future.
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All comments [ 10 ]
In my opinion, it's unacceptable in international journalism
Charlie Hebdo has gone too far on the freedom of speech and journalism
Respect the other's belief and religion
Charlie Hebdo’s refugee cartoon isn’t satirical. It’s inflammatory
The magazine continues to publish its provocative covers and cartoons
I hesitate to criticise Charlie Hebdo
Naturally, it has caused outrage and been widely condemned
The French magazine is being criticised widely for publishing a cartoon depicting the death of three-year-old Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi as its own controversial take on the refugee and migration crisis
Stop publishing cartoons like this, it just make the world worst
I don't like Charlie Hebdo's satirical cartoons
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