Gordon Campbell: On The Charlie Hebdo Killings And Response

Now that the Kouachi brothers have made their Butch-and-Sundance dash for martyrdom, and now that the millions have marched in Paris and elsewhere to defend the Republic…. the events of the past week remain no closer to any comforting resolution. Some have found something repugnant about the attempt to impose a tidy rationalism...

Even so, a tough-minded soul sickness about the violent ways of the world also seems like a pretty hollow response, especially from those – speaking for myself – whose experience of violent death in combat is limited to what they’ve seen on movie screens and the printed page More>>

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• TV3 Video - Charlie Hebdo cartoon condemned - Latest Charlie Hebdo issue sells out in minutes
• Martin Doyle - Martin Doyle Cartoon: Je suis SOLD OUT

Paris March: Reporters Without Borders Condemns Presence Of “Predators”
Reporters Without Borders welcomes the participation of many foreign leaders in today’s march in Paris in homage to the victims of last week’s terror attacks and in defence of the French republic’s values, but is outraged by the presence of officials from countries that restrict freedom of information... More>>

Connie Lawn: Je Suis Charlie – I Am Charlie
“I am Charlie.” This is the new rallying cry of many who stand up for press freedom and who support the French people. France did not deserve the ruthless, deadly attack on the satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo.” Journalists and political cartoonists do not deserve to be shot, tortured, or beheaded for doing their jobs and highlighting the evils of extremists all over the world. More>>

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• French Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Attack on the editorial offices of Charlie Hebdo
• Connie Lawn - White House falls on its sword while millions show unity
• Pacific.Scoop - New Caledonia, Tahiti and NZ rally for Paris media terrorism victims - In the Mideast, as in France, satire is a weapon against extremists

More Coverage and Reaction:

• NZ Govt - New Zealand condemns Paris shooting
• Labour - Labour adds its condemnation of Paris attack
• Maori Party - Māori Party condemns Paris shooting
• EPMU - EPMU condemns attack against Charlie Hebdo
• Wellington City Council - Wellington Mayor expresses sympathy to France
• Wellington Council of Christians and Jews - Wellington Jews, Christians, Muslims denounce killings
• Pacific.Scoop - Pacific Media Watch joins EJF, RSF in slamming ‘barbaric’ media killings
• Out-Link - Café Pacific - RSF calls on media outlets to publish Charlie Hebdo cartoons in defiance of ‘barbarity’
• IFEX - Free speech advocates condemn attack on Charlie Hebdo
• Reporters Sans Frontieres - RSF Deeply Shocked by Attack on Charlie Hebd
• European Federation of Journalists - “Charlie Hebdo” shooting: barbaric act against media freedom
• Pacific Freedom Forum - Governments must act against impunity
• Pacific Media Center - PMC condemns ‘cowardly’ Paris raid, slams impunity in Asia-Pacific region
• Martin Doyle cartoons - La Marche Républicaine - Radical fundamentalism - Je Suis Charlie
• Rahul Radhakrishnan - Cartoonists React to Charlie Hebdo attack - Via Storify
• Massey University - Terrorist attack challenges journalists’ convictions
• Humanist Society - Humanists call for strengthening of free speech
• 10 Downing Street - PM and Chancellor Merkel statement on Paris terrorist attack
• The White House - Statement by the President on the Attack in France
• UN - UN Rapporteur condemns attack on journalists in Paris - UN Human Rights Chief deplores Paris attack
• National Council of Resistance of Iran - Mrs. Rajavi condemns the criminal attack in Paris
• TV3 Video - France on edge ahead of latest Charlie Hebdo cover - Video emerges of Charlie Hebdo gunmen firing at police car - Top UK cop says terror attack 'unlikely' - Charlie Hebdo: Thousands gather for historic Paris march - Wellington holds vigil over Paris killings - Paris march 1 million strong - Paris hostage tells his story - The militants who terrorised France - Paris attacks accomplice still at large - Defiance and fear day after Charlie Hebdo attack - Charlie Hebdo: Police hunting terror gunmen - Charlie Hebdo: Police hunting terror gunmen - Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspects identified - At a glance: Charlie Hebdo's controversial history - French newspaper attack condemned by Obama - Raw video: Paris newspaper attack
• Radio NZ Out-Link - International News with Paul Buchanan
• Out-Link - Luz : "All eyes are on us, we’ve become a symbol"
• Out-Link - 'We vomit' on Charlie's sudden friends: staff cartoonist
• Out-Link - Arab League, Al-Azhar condemn Paris shooting attack - Al Arabiya News
• Out-Link - Juan Cole: Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris
• Out-Link - Charlie Hebdo and the Right to Be Offended

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