Hundreds of writers in 44 countries retract part in coordinated readings to support Ashraf Fayadh,condemned to death for allegedly promoting atheismHundreds of writers including Irvine Welsh, Ruth Padel and AL Kennedy are taking part in a worldwide reading in support of the Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, and who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia after being accused of renouncing Islam. The readings of Fayadh’s poetry at 122 events in 44 countries on Thursday are part of a campaign organised by the International literature festival Berlin calling on the UK and US governments to halt his beheading and to achieve pressure on Saudi Arabia to improve its human rights record.
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Source: theguardian.com