News
February 14, 2019
News Reports and Commentary Selected by Franklin Carter of the Book and Periodical Council’s Freedom of Expression Committee
This year, February 14 is the 30th anniversary of the day when Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran ordered the death of author Salman Rushdie and his publishing associates for producing The Satanic Verses.
REPORTAGE
On March 7, 1989, Eric Malling of The Fifth Estate reported the controversy.
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