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Europa partnership of newspapers speaks out over Charlie Hebdo attack









We continue to inform, to inquire, to interview, to comment, to publish – and to draw – about every legitimate subject














A woman holds a candle and a pen, symbol of liberty of press, as crowds gather in Paris after the attack against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. Photograph: Marc Piasecki/Getty Images



Europa: Le Monde, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El Pais, la Stampa, Gazeta Wyborcza


Wednesday 7 January 2015 17.29 EST







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A joint declaration from the Europa partnership of newspapers:
The attack on Charlie Hebdo on 7 January in Paris and the odious assassination of our colleagues, fierce defenders of freedom of expression, is not only an attack on the liberty of the press and liberty of opinion. It is an attack against the fundamental values of our European democratic societies.
Freedom to think and freedom to inform had already been targeted in recent months by the execution of other journalists, American, European or from Arab countries – kidnapped and killed by Islamic State. Whatever one’s ideology, terrorism refuses the search for truth and rejects independence of spirit. Jihadist terrorism, more so.
Refusing to give in to threats after the publication, almost 10 years ago, of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad, Charlie Hebdo magazine had not changed its culture of irreverence one iota. Similarly, we European newspapers, regularly working together as part of the Europa group, continue to promote the values of liberty and independence that are the foundation of our identity, and which we all share.
We continue to inform, to inquire, to interview, to comment, to publish – and to draw – about every subject that appears to us legitimate, in a spirit of openness, intellectual enrichment and democratic debate.
We owe it to our readers. We owe it to the memory of our assassinated colleagues. We owe it to Europe. We owe it to democracy. “We are not like them,” said the Czechoslovak Vaclav Havel, a victorious opponent of totalitarianism who became a president. That is our strength.
Europa: Le Monde, the Guardian, Süddeutsche Zeitung, El Pais, la Stampa, Gazeta Wyborcza



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