Vigousse cartoonist survived the attack
A cartoonist from the satirical magazine Vigousse in western Switzerland survived the attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris. The artist, known as Coco, hid under a piece of furniture.
This is what Vigousse editor-in-chief Thierry Barrigue told the SDA news agency. The illustrator works for both satirical magazines - Charlie Hebdo and Vigousse. "The grief overwhelms me," Thierry Barrigue said after the attack. He said the cartoonists killed - Charb, Cabu, Wolinski and Tignous - were friends. Charb was the director of Charlie Hebdo. He had come to Morges VD as recently as September to participate in a debate on press freedom. Even then, he had been guarded by a policeman because he had received threats. He told him that he would never give in to the threats, that he would continue his work for freedom of speech, Thierry Barrigue recalls. It's not just satirical magazines that are in danger, he says.
"Our fundamental rights are threatened," said the editor-in-chief of Vigousse. If you remain silent, you have lost. These people had paid for freedom of speech with death. The bloody deed changes nothing for the satirical magazine in French-speaking Switzerland. One continues in the same style. "We have never received threats or had to ask for police protection," Barrigue said. The perpetrators wanted you to stop, but that's exactly what you can't do, he said. That would be betraying the victims, the editor-in-chief said. (SDA)
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