Almost four years after his death sentence, an increasingly desperate Salman Rushdie made his most public appeal yet for sympathy. Why was nobody listening?
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"For decades, the enemies of free expression targeted Salman for his words, driving him into years of hiding. The fatwa, issued against him in 1989 by Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini, has caused Salman and those associated with him an immeasurable amount of suffering – but it could not succeed in silencing him" - ARTICLE 19
Salman Rushdie has spent decades campaigning for free speech. The attempt on his life came amid a crack down on freedom of expression around the world.