Posts Tagged ‘jewel of medina’
July 7th, 2009
Three men have been jailed for an attack on the home of Martin Rynja, who had planned to publish Sherry Jones’s book Jewel Of Medina.
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May 19th, 2009
Why are UK distributors refusing to handle The Jewel of Medina? It’s time to raise an outcry says its author
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March 2nd, 2009
The United Nations’ retreat from defending free expression is at odds with the concept of universal rights, says
Jo Glanville
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October 13th, 2008
Publisher Gibson Square have confirmed that it has indefinitely suspended publication of
The Jewel of Medina.
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September 30th, 2008

When publishers are too intimidated to print even novels that may offend, it shows how far we’ve lost our way on free speech, writes
Jo Glanville
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September 29th, 2008
Three men suspected of bombing the home of publisher Martin Rynja on Saturday remain in custody in London today.
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September 15th, 2008
Sherry Jones’s controversial
The Jewel of Medina is to go on sale again in Serbia, having been withdrawn in July.
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August 14th, 2008
There really are no genuine excuses for Random House’s withdrawal of The Jewel of Medina, writes Padraig Reidy
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