Speakers at a programme demanded that exiled writer Taslima Nasrin should be brought back to Bangladesh immediately.
“It was the constitutional, fundamental and birth right of writer Taslima Nasrin to be with the soil and people of Bangladesh. She was sent to exile in fear of attack on her from Islamist militants.”
Initiatives should be taken immediately to bring her back in the country, Osman Gani, publisher of the Agami Prokashani, said.
Addressing a book launching programme of Taslima Nasrin titled ‘Nishidho’ (banned) at the National Press Club, Gani in his written statement alleged that militants and anti-feminist forces had always been engaged in propaganda against Taslima.
Lawyer Jotirmoy Barua in the discussion said there was no legal bar to Taslima’s coming back to Bangladesh.
“Even we have not had any information about her losing citizenship. The government has not also made any statement as to why she should not be allowed to come back,” the lawyer said.