In 2010 Anwar al-Awlaki published an Al-Qaeda hit list in "Inspire" magazine, including Lars Vilks. In 2013 the list was later expanded to include Stéphane "Charb" Charbonnier, who the Lars Vilks committee gave their freedom prize in 2014. When Charb was murdered in a terror attack on "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris, along with 11 other people, Al-Qaeda called for more cartoonists to be killed, and Vilks stepped up his security.