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Thursday, 20 June 2019

Six pull out of Bradford festival over counter-extremism funding

Writers and activists quit literature festival over funding by Home Office programme

Six writers and activists have pulled out of the Bradford literature festival (BLF) in protest after it emerged it received funding from a government counter-extremism programme.

The group withdrew from planned appearances after learning that the 10-day event, which was founded in 2014, has accepted money provided as part of the Home Office’s counter-extremism strategy for the first time.

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from Islam | The Guardian http://bit.ly/31HxXut

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