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Rushdie attacked at literary event amid global free speech clash
An assailant strikes Salman Rushdie at a New York conference, leaving him gravely injured and possibly losing an eye. The incident sparks a worldwide debate on free expression, with PEN America and others urging defense of writers and warning of rising intolerance and threats against journalists, judges, and public figures.
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Iran
Salman Rushdie
Muhammad
Rushdie
Upstate
New York
New Jersey
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Scotland Yard
PEN America
U.S
PEN International
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PEN
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Russia
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World Voices Congress of Writers
Tehran
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Beijing
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