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Doctors remove Salman Rushdie from ventilator: “He’s talking, joking”

Doctors remove Salman Rushdie from ventilator: “He’s talking, joking”
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Salman Rushdie, Author satanic verses, He was able to speak after doctors removed his ventilator on Saturday, a day after he was stabbed as he prepared to speak in upstate New York.

Rushdie remains in the hospital with serious injuries, but the teacher aatish taser He was “no longer attached to a ventilator and talking (and jokes),” he tweeted in the evening. Rushdie’s agent, Andrew Wylie, confirmed the news without giving further details.

On Saturday, the man accused of stabbing Rushdie at the Sautauqua Institute, a nonprofit education and retirement center, pleaded not guilty to assault and attempted murder charges in what a prosecutor called a “planned” crime.

An attorney for 24-year-old Hadi Mather testified in court on his client’s behalf during a brief arraignment in Western New York. Mather appeared wearing a black and white prisoner’s outfit and a white mask. His hands were handcuffed in front of him.

Mather was held without bail after District Attorney Jason Schmidt said the defendant planned to harm Rushdie and arrived with a fake ID a day before an event where the writer was set to speak. “This was a premeditated, unprovoked, targeted attack on Mr. Rushdie,” Schmidt said.

Public defender Nathaniel Baron complained that authorities took too long to bring Mather before a judge, while leaving him “tied to a bench at state police headquarters.”

“You have a constitutional right to be presumed innocent,” Barron added.

Rushdie, 75, suffered injuries to his liver, his arm and optic nerves, he told Wiley on Friday night. The writer will lose the injured eye.

The attack drew shock and outrage from much of the world, with tributes and praise pouring in for the award-winning author, who has faced death threats for more than 30 years. Satanic Verses.

Writers, activists and government officials condemned the attack and praised Rushdie for his courage in defending freedom of speech despite the dangers. Writer Ian McEwan, a longtime friend, called him “an admirable advocate for persecuted writers and journalists around the world.”

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Actor and writer Kal Benn said, “He showed incredible warmth to a whole generation of artists, especially to many of us of the South Asian diaspora.”

President Joe Biden said in a statement Saturday that he and First Lady Jill Biden were “shocked and saddened” by the attack.

“Salman Rushdie – with his vision of humanity, his unrivaled sense of history and his refusal to be intimidated or silenced – represents essential and universal ideals,” the statement said. “Truth. Courage. Openness. The ability to share ideas without fear. These are the basic elements of any free and open society.

A native of India who lived in Britain and the United States, Rushdie is known for his surreal and satirical prose style, beginning with his 1981 Booker Prize-winning novel. Midnight’s ChildrenIn it, the then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was severely criticized.

Satanic Verses After its release in 1988, Rushdie received death threats. Many Muslims consider a dream sequence based on the life of the Prophet Muhammad to be blasphemous. The novel was banned in Iran, where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Rujolla Khomeini issued a fatwa for Rushdie’s death in 1989.

Investigators worked to determine that the attacker was born a decade after the publication satanic verses, He acted alone

District Attorney Schmidt cited the fatwa as a possible reason to argue against bail. “Even if this court sets bail at $1 million, there is a risk that bail will be posted,” Schmidt said.

“Your resources don’t matter to me. We understand that the agenda passed yesterday was one that was adopted and sanctioned by large groups and organizations outside the jurisdiction of Chautauqua County,” the attorney emphasized.

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Barron, the public defender, said after the hearing that Mather would communicate openly with him and try to learn whether his client has psychological or addiction issues over the next few weeks.

Mater, of Fairview, New Jersey, was born in the United States to Lebanese parents who immigrated from the border village of Yaron in southern Lebanon, Mayor Ali Dehf told The Associated Press.

An Andhra reporter confronted Rushdie while introducing him on stage. He started hitting or punching him 10 or 15 times. The teacher fell down or fell to the ground and the person was arrested.

Dr Martin Haskell, one of those who rushed to help, described Rushie’s injuries as “serious but recoverable”.

Event moderator Henry Rees, 73, co-founder of an organization that provides shelters for persecuted writers, was also attacked. Reese suffered facial injuries and was treated and released from the hospital, police said. He and Rushdie planned to promote America as a haven for writers and other artists.

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