Salman Rushdie makes rare public address after attack, warns free expression under threat

Salman Rushdie warns free expression 'under threat' rare address after attack

Writer Salman Rushdie has made a public speech nine months after being stabbed and seriously injured onstage, warning that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat in his lifetime.Rushdie delivered a video message to the British Book Awards, where he was awarded the Freedom to Publish award on Monday evening.Organisers said the honour "acknowledges the determination of authors, publishers and booksellers who take a stand…

Salman Rushdie jabs West over freedom of expression: ‘Under severe threat in US'

Salman Rushdie received the Freedom to Publish award at the British Book Awards.

Salman Rushdie: Freedom of expression in West is under severe threat

In a public speech, writer Salman Rushdie warned that freedom of expression in the West is under its most severe threat in his lifetime. The appearance came nine months after being stabbed onstage.  The 75-year-old Rushdie appeared to be leaner than before the attack and was wearing spectacles with one tinted lens. When he was attacked at a literary event last year, he was blinded in his right eye and suffered nerve damage to his hand.  Rushdie

Salman Rushdie makes rare public address after attack, warns free expression under threat

Rushdie, 75, was blinded in one eye and suffered nerve damage to his hand when he was attacked at a literary festival in New York state in August.

Salman Rushdie warns free expression is under threat in a rare public speech

By Lauren Kent, Sugam Pokharel and Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Author Salman Rushdie warned that freedom of expression is at risk in a rare public speech since he survived a stabbing attack last year. “We live in a moment, I think, at which freedom of expression, freedom to publish, has not in my lifetime

Salman Rushdie warns free expression is under threat in a rare public speech

The renowned writer spoke out against censorship in a video message at the British Book Awards on Monday, nine months after he survived a stabbing attack.