France: Debates over free speech and secularism
The brutal killing of a teacher rekindles France’s debate over laicite. Plus, the legacy of murdered journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta.
A brutal murder and the Charlie Hebdo trial have people in France questioning freedom of expression again.
Contributors:
Pierre Henri Tavoillot – Professor of philosophy, Sorbonne University
Philippe Marliere – Professor of French and European politics, University College London
Rim-Sarah Aloune – Legal scholar and human rights researcher
Jocelyn Cesari – Professor of religion and politics, University of Birmingham
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Murder in Malta: Daphne Caruana Galizia’s journalistic legacy
The Listening Post’s Flo Phillips on a reporter killed for the work she did – and how Daphne Caruana Galizia’s journalism continues to make news.
Contributors:
Matthew Caruana Galizia – Son of Daphne Caruana Galizia and investigative journalist
Manuel Delia – Author, Murder on the Malta Express; Blogger, Truth Be Told
Caroline Muscat – Founder, The Shift News
Mark Laurence Zammit – Former presenter, Xarabank