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In November 1970, Hara Kiri Magzine released a cover mocking the former president of France Charles de Gaulle and the Club Cinq disaster. The magzine was banned afterward, and as a result of it, the editorial team changed its title to Charlie Hebdo in order to sidestep the ban.
The new name was derived from a comic magzine called Charlie Mensuel; however, it also implies Charles de Gaulle. The publication of Charlie Hebdo cased in Dec 1981 and it didn't publish any magzine till 1992. -
Basic Info:
-Owner: Charb, Riss, Éric Portheault, Cabu and Bernard Maris.
-Editor-in-Chief: Gerard Biard Context:
Charlie Hebdo is a weekly satirical magazine whose headquarters are located in Paris, France. According to BBC, Charlie Hebdo is a left-wing magazine which publishes cartoons, jokes, and reports on extreme religion, culture, and politics. As of 2014, the organization included two editors, seven cartoonists, six journalists and two critics. -
In Nov 2011, Charlie Hebdo office had been firebombed after it bublished a special issue, titled Charia Hebdo which its cover page features a smilling Mohammad promised the reader "a hundred lashes if you don't die of laughter"
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Helric Fredou, 45, the deputy director of the regional judicial police in Limoges takes his own life after having to research victim’s families.
One day after, a municipal police officer is shot and killed in a Paris suburb, Avenue de la Paix in Montrouge, and a street sweeper is critically injured. -
BBC: Timeline of key events -Gunman Chérif and Saïd Kouachi enter the Charlie Hebdo office, killing 11 people and injuring 11 people in the shots that were fired. Additionally, a French police officer was shot and killed later during the assault.
-(A few hours after the initial attack) Amedy Coulibaly shoots and injures a jogger in Foutenay-aux-roses. -
A hostage situation occurs at the Création Tendance Découverte signage company (in Dammartin-en-Goële). None of the hostages are killed, but authorities kill the assailants involved.
Another hostage situation occurs in Porte de Vincennes when a Hypercacher Kosher supermarket is taken over by Amedy Coulibaly and a female accomplice where 4 people are killed and many injured. -
Rally of national unity with global leaders in Paris
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-I am Charlie (Je Suis Charlie): slogan of the supporters of freedom of speech
-I am not Charlie: with neutral perspective of the attack and Charlie Hebdo's satirical content.
