HYDERABAD: Speakers at a public meeting here on Saturday demanded stern action against the Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) legislators responsible for the attack on Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin.
The meeting was organised by Women’s World (India), a network of over 200 women writers and Asmita Resource Centre for Women (Hyderabad).
Speakers including well-known writer Volga and women’s rights activist Vasanta Kannabiran condemned the attack.
People’s Union for Civil Liberties’ leader K.G. Kannabiran, in his address, traced the history of attacks on writers in the State and across the country.
Launched in 2003, Women’s World (WW) was one of the first networks to react to the smear campaign against actress Kushboo in Tamil Nadu and condemn the banning of Ms. Nasrin’s autobiography by the West Bengal Government in 2004.
