Charlie Hebdo attack & fallout
- From #PrayForParis and (anti-)Pegida to #BlackLivesMatter: The protests & rallies that shaped 2015
The street failed to bring down any governments in 2015, but it was still an impressive year of collective action. Protesters – be they in Japan, Turkey, Yemen, the US or EU – embraced their causes and harnessed the power of the internet and media to spread their message.News - French terror attack suspect denies Islamist motivation
A man under investigation for allegedly beheading his boss and trying to blow up a gas factory in France claimed that his actions were not religiously motivated, a source close to the investigation told Reuters.News - Charlie Hebdo cartoonist: ‘I will no longer draw Mohammed’
French cartoonist Luz has stated that he will no longer draw the prophet Mohammed. Luz made an illustration of the prophet on the front cover of the Charlie Hebdo magazine following the terrorist attack, which killed 12 people at the magazine’s office.News - Danish Conservatives campaign for elimination of ‘Nazi Islamism’
A controversial political campaign has recently been launched by the Conservative party in Denmark, with its leaders calling for radical Islam to be “fought and eliminated,” as it belongs to the same family as, and shares many ideas with Nazism.News - French privacy advocates protest new spying laws (VIDEO)
Several hundred people have gathered in front of the National Assembly in Paris in protest over a new bill that would grant French intelligence agencies more power to track suspected jihadists-to-be, thus potentially jeopardizing online privacy.News - Paris kosher store ex-hostages sue French TV channel over live coverage – report
Ex-hostages of a gunman who killed four people in a Paris kosher supermarket in early January are suing a French broadcaster over its live coverage of the attack, saying the channel had put at high risk the hostages' lives.News
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