Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union (EU) Foreign Relations, this Saturday the writer condemned the attack on Salman Rushdiestruggling to survive after being stabbed in New York and called for “international denial” of “criminal acts” that violate fundamental rights..
“I strongly condemn the attack on Salman Rushdie and wish him a speedy recovery,” Borrell said on his official Twitter account.
The head of community diplomacy asked:international refusal of such criminal proceedingsviolating fundamental rights and freedoms” is accepted as “the only way to a better and more peaceful world”.
With assisted breathing and very serious injuries, Rushdie remains in a Pennsylvania hospital, where he was transferred after being attacked by a 24-year-old man shortly before giving a speech at an educational institution in Northwest New York. Matar, who was charged with attempted murder today.
The attack took place 33 years after sentenced to death For his novel “The Satanic Verses” by the Iranian Islamic regime.
Tehran then issued a fatwa, or religious edict, placing a bounty on Rushdie’s head for considering this novel an insult to the Qur’an, Muhammad, and the Islamic faith.
Source: Informacion
