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Season 1 • Episode 420: Fatwa • Watch with subtitles
Episode 420: Fatwa
February 14, 1992
On 14 February 1989 Salman Rushdie was sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini. Tonight, on the third anniversary of the fatwa, a gathering of international writers and artists re-asserts the surpassing value of freedom of expression.
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