7 January 2015 – The European Journalism Training Association (EJTA) joins with journalists around to the world to strongly condemn the atrocity, the attack on press freedom and on democracy itself, that took place at the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris yesterday.
We call on all members, their colleagues and students, to observe the minute’s silence being held in France at noon today (11am in UK, Ireland and Portugal).
We must all ensure that freedom of speech continues to thrive in journalism – today, all French media formed a coalition to offer their cartoonists, their staff, their time and money to help Charlie Hebdo continue as a publication.
Please stand together in solidarity with colleagues in Paris and observe one minute’s silence … and remember all those whose lives were cut cruelly short by the attack.
