Overview

• Charlie Hebdo’s editorial team and Charb’s parents submitted a formal request to the president to panthéonize the slain editor, a decade after the 2015 attack that killed 12 people, including eight staff members.
• Editor Riss says Charb exemplified democratic values and argues the honor would underscore France’s attachment to freedom of expression.
• The magazine will reprint the Muhammad cartoons in Wednesday’s issue to mark 20 years since their first publication by Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten.
• Supporters present the bid as a unifying civic gesture rooted in anti-racism, social justice and laïcité rather than a personal reward.
• No government decision has been announced, with the request surfacing on the eve of Robert Badinter’s scheduled entry to the Panthéon.