Terror Victims of Independent Media

"The pen is mightier than the sword", Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
In solidarity of authors and media professionals worldwide who were deliberately targeted by terrorists because they expressed their beliefs.

Tribute to the Charlie Hebdo journalists killed in terror attack by gunmen in Paris January 7, 2015

Eight journalists, a guest and two police officers were killed, eleven people were injured, four of them critically.

#JeSuisCharlie

1. Jean Cabut (Cabu) French cartoonist, 76
2. Georges Wolinski French cartoonist, 80
3. Stéphane Charbonnier (Charb) Editor-in-chief, cartoonist, 47
4. Bernard Verlhac (Tignous) French cartoonist, 57
5. Philippe Honoré French cartoonist, 74
6. Bernard Maris (Oncle Bernard), Columnist, economist, 68
7. Elsa Cayat Columnist, psychoanalyst
8. Mustapha Ourrad Copy editor, 60
9. Michel Renaud, Director, arts festival, 69
10. Frédéric Boisseau Maintenance
11. Franck Brinsolaro Policeman, bodyguard, 49
12. Ahmed Merabet Policeman, 42

The same day, in a parallel attack, a young unarmed policewoman was shot in the back in the Paris suburb Montrouge.

• Clarissa Jean-Philippe Policewoman, 26

On January 9th, in a final attack, four hostages were killed in the "Hyper Kacher" kosher supermarket of Vincennes.

• Yoav Hattab 21
• Philippe Braham
• Yohan Cohen
• François-Michel Saada 63

The three terrorists have perished.

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Previous Terror Victim Colleagues,

Theo van Gogh Dutch film director

• Salman Rushie British-Indian novelist
• Ayaan Hirsi Ali Dutch activist author
• Kurt Westergaard Danish cartoonist
• Lars Viks Swedish artist