Satire

Croatian satirists will gather in a park in the centre of Zagreb on April Fool's Day on Friday to raise their voice in the defence of political satire and freedom of speech.

I was in my twenties, reckless, in love and convinced that nothing bad could happen to me or anyone I loved. Terrorist attacks were things that happened elsewhere, to other peopleIn December 1996, when a bomb planted by Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) exploded in the Port Royal metro station, I had just moved to Paris.

“Charlie Hebdo” editor Laurent Sourisseau told German magazine “Stern” that his publication will no longer publish cartoons of Mohammad.

A pile of explosives, 180 detonators and around 40 grenades were stolen from an army base in the southern French town of Miramas, a source close to investigations said on July 7. 

French police are holding a heavily armed man they suspected of planning an imminent armed attack on one or two churches in France, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on April 23.

Just four words in Turkish. Five in English, depending on the translation. Not less, not more. They make the opening of a line in an indictment. Those four words tell more than any other four words coming one after the other could. In the sequence they were put one after the other by the honorable prosecutor, they unwillingly portray the unpleasant ? and well-known ? facts about Turkey.

Two Turkish journalists face up to four-and-a-half years in prison for republishing the cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring an image of the Prophet Muhammad.

Two months after the jihadist attack in which staff at the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo were murdered, a split has emerged in the newsroom over the nearly 30 million euros received since the killings.

Eleven staff members have called for all employees to become equal shareholders in the magazine, setting them up for a battle with the current management.

The number of websites blocked in Turkey is approaching 68,000 with the recent addition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo?s official site, as well as specific pages from the country?s most popular Internet forums. 

NOVI PAZAR - A peaceful protest walk was held in Novi Pazar on Friday against the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in the French weekly Charlie Hebdo and other medias.

The protest walk was organized after the largest Friday congregational prayer service in Novi Pazar mosques. The gathered locals held a banner saying "Muhammad" and shouted "Allah is one".