In memory of Samuel Paty, teacher
Dr Jim Butcher explains why we need to defend values of free speech.
On 16 October in Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, in the Île-de-France region in north-central France, a teacher was executed. During a moral and civic education class discussion about freedom of speech on 6th October, Paty showed a class of teenage pupils caricatures – including of the Prophet Mohammed – from the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.