Adelaide University cancels literary festival event with UN Gaza investigator Francesca Albanese
by Kelly Burke from World news | The Guardian on (#7401W)
Festival organisers criticise the university for last-minute booking cancellation of event headlined by special rapporteur for Palestinian territories
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Another free speech row at a literary festival has erupted, with Adelaide University abruptly cancelling a high-profile event featuring UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese.
The move has prompted the festival's organisers and speakers to accuse the 152 year-old institution of crumbling in fear".
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