Ashraf Fayadh: Readings for Palestinian poet facing death

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Ashraf Fayadh has been a key figure in taking Saudi contemporary art to a global audience

14 January 2016

Hundreds of writers are taking part in readings in support of the Palestinian poet Ashraf Fayadh, who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia.

More than 120 events are being held in 44 countries on Thursday as part of a campaign organised by the International Literature Festival Berlin.

It is calling on the US and UK governments to intervene on behalf of Mr Fayadh, who is accused of apostasy.

He denies the charges and claims that another man made false accusations.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35311709

http://www.worldwide-reading.com/archiv-en/14-01-2016-worldwide-reading-of-selected-poems-and-other-texts-in-support-of-ashraf-fayadh/teilnehmer

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1. And this is what DU tends to miss. I support Mr Fayadh, thus I can not support those who intend to

kill him. A DUer said today that to simply criticize Islam is discrimination, but this man faces a religious and Islamic sentence. I will criticize that. Those who don't like it are simply going to have to learn to live with it. It is wrong to murder people for being critical of your belief system.

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2. I support him too.