Like Hitchens or not, he did give Salman Rushdie sanctuary in the midst of the fatwa.

But he is odd. He let himself be waterboarded for an article he was writing. He declare it torture. Said it was horrible. Caused him sleepless nights. Yet he agreed to go back and have it done again because he thought he could hold out longer. So how could it be torture if he volunteered to have it done again. Or it is torture and Hitchens is one screwed up dude. Either way, it’s weird.
But he did give Salman Rushdie sanctuary.