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2 unusual facts about ARTICLE 19


ARTICLE 19

Among her signature campaigns was the defence of Salman Rushdie after Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a fatwā, or religious ruling, 14 February 1989 based on the charge that the book The Satanic Verses (1988) was a work of blasphemy.

In June 2009, ARTICLE 19 moved to Farringdon Road in London to become part of the Free Word Centre promoting literature, literacy and free expression.


Jabbar Savalan

His arrest was also protested by the human rights organizations Index on Censorship, ARTICLE 19, and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee.


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Kyeshi

The use of the term is described in article 19 of the competition rules administrated by the World Taekwondo Federation.

Metropol Verlag

Together with S. Fischer, Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Rowohlt, and other publishers, it was a member of the “Article 19 publisher”, who in 1989 printed Salman Rushdie The Satanic Verses in Germany.