Protect journalists against religious intolerance, RSF and UN rapporteurs say on Charlie Hebdo attack anniversary

NewsOn the eve of the fifth anniversary of the attack on the Paris headquarters of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which killed 12 people including eight members of its staff, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and two UN special rapporteurs appealed today to governments and international organizations to protect journalists against religious intolerance. The joint appeal was made at a press conference in Paris by Christophe Deloire, RSF’s secretary-general, Ahmed Shaheed, special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, and David Kaye, special

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