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The 7th of January marks the first anniversary of the tragic attacks on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The sales of the publication boomed following the attacks but who reads the magazine a year after?
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo slams the lack of condemnation from religious leaders after the attack on American-British writer Salman Rushdie. IMAGES
The 55-year-old disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly, who was sentenced to 30 years in prison for leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex, will appeal the sentence, says his attorney, Jennifer Bonjean. SOUNDBITE
Tunisia, Feb 15 (EFE), (Camera: Natalia Román Morte).- In January, a Tunisian court handed three young men an unprecedented 30-year prison sentence for possession and use of cannabis, unleashing controversy and public anger in the country.A court of appeal will decide Tuesday on the sentence, issued on January 20 by a court in the province of El Kef, 200 kilometres west of the capital, which sentenced the three young men to the maximum penalty for having consumed cannabis in a sports stadium —which is considered a public space and, therefore, an aggravating factor-. FOOTAGE OF EL KEF AND PROTESTS AGAINST THE SENTENCE. SOUNDBITES OF:-SARAH LAABIDI, DETAINEE'S MOTHER, "What is an unemployed person going to do? Going to a café or consuming these substances. What is left in El Kef? As my son says, the factories have closed and there is no job. When I return home and see him sleeping it breaks my heart. Even when I feel like telling him to get up and look for work, I tell myself, let him sleep, he'd better not go outside."-MOLKA BOUDERBALA, DETAINEES' DEFENSE ATTORNEY:"We have a problem with this law in Tunisia because three out of every four detainees are drug users. It is not normal. This law has become a punishment for young Tunisians."-ZIED GHANNEY, DEMOCRATIC CURRENT MP:"If the State creates a weak link in this entire process, which is the person who turns to drugs, it does not mean that we are going to destroy him and put him in prison, that we make him a criminal. But we say to him: we listen to you, we suffer with you. I'm not encouraging him to do it, I want to help him get out of that situation."
A security cordon is established by the police near the former premises of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo after four people were stabbed in as yet undetermined circumstances. Police have arrested a suspect. IMAGES
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