Slain journalists are 'martyrs for liberty': Kerry

January 08, 2015 02:37

Describing the slain journalists in a terrorist attack in Paris as "martyrs for liberty", US Secretary of State John Kerry today said the incident was part of a larger confrontation between civilisation and those who are opposed to a civilised world.

"I agree with the French imam who today called the slain journalists martyrs for liberty. Today's murders are part of a larger confrontation, not between civilisations -- no -- but between civilisation itself and those who are opposed to a civilised world," Kerry told reporters at the State Department headquarters.

"The murderers dare proclaim 'Charlie Hebdo is dead,' but make no mistake: They are wrong. Today, tomorrow, in Paris, in France, or across the world, the freedom of expression that this magazine, no matter what your feelings were about it, the freedom of expression that it represented is not able to be killed by this kind of act of terror," Kerry said.

"On the contrary; it will never be eradicated by any act of terror. What they don't understand -- what these people who do these things don't understand -- is they will only strengthen the commitment to that freedom and our commitment to a civilised world," Kerry said.

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