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"The bravest persevere. We must not let them down." @mirakamdar

#IndiaAt75 #FreeExpression #FreedomToWrite

Read more at: https://pen.org/india-at-75-contributors-h-m/#MiraKamdar

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HAPPENING NEXT WEEK: @PENAmerica and @righttobeorg are leading a free virtual #onlineabuse Bystander Intervention training on 8/23 at 3 pm ET. #FightOnlineAbuseNow Register now https://pen.org/event/august-bystander-intervention-how-to-be-an-ally-when-you-witness-online-abuse/

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"Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini never read @SalmanRushdie’s book “The Satanic Verses”... The Iranian leader’s murderous 1989 fatwa... was a political move to exploit the erupting fury in Pakistan, India, and beyond over a fictional dream sequence." https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/ayatollah-khomeini-never-read-salman-rushdies-book #Rushdie

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