A day after 12 people were killed in a brazen terror attack aimed at a French magazine, one publisher explains why the media in France won’t be silenced.
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People hold flowers, signs, and pens at a vigil for the victims of the terrorist attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on January 7, 2015.
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