Salman Rushdie warns US free speech under pressure from Trump administration at London honor ceremony
Salman Rushdie, while accepting the Liberatum Cultural Honor at London's Camden Town Hall, warned that free expression in the United States is under sustained pressure from the Trump administration. The event was moderated by Michael Harris, and took place at the same building where Rushdie once worked on community relations before becoming a world-renowned novelist.
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Salman Rushdie warned that free expression in the U.S. is under sustained pressure from the Trump administration
America Is 'Having a Difficult Moment' on Free Speech
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