Publisher: Free Thought Blogs Date Written: 12/01/2016 Year Published: 2016 Resource Type: Article
This week marked the first anniversary of the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris. The atrocity was a brutal attack not just on human life but also on the principle of free speech, one of the pillars of human civilisation. In the aftermath of the killings, people across the world united to express their support for that essential liberty.