Millions march against terrorism across France after Charlie Hebdo massacre


Millions march against terrorism across France after Charlie Hebdo massacre
Mllions of people took to the streets of Paris and cities across France on Sundayto rally in defense of free speech and against terrorism in the wake of Wednesday's deadly attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. The French Interior Ministry told the Associated Press that 3.7 million marched throughout France, making the demonstrations the largest in the country's history.

+ See powerful photos from this weekend's amazing solidarity marches across France.

+ The marches were bigger than the peak protests in Tiananmen Square, the Vietnam War and the Berlin Wall combined.

+ At least 40 world leaders marched arm-in-arm — but as one student points out, not all of them are allies of press freedom.

+ Here's how Arab papers reacted to the Charlie Hebdo massacre.

On Sunday, a German newspaper was firebombed for reprinting Charlie Hebdo's controversial cartoons.

+ Rupert Murdoch made an asinine statement about Islamic extremism and the world's Muslim population. Luckily, J.K. Rowling was there to shut him right down.

+ People say solidarity for Charlie Hebdo is about press freedom, but nobody in France cared when another newspaper faced three attacks in six months.

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