[Reader-list] Arundhati/Mahasweta/Ashish/Girish on Taslima Nasrin

Patrice Riemens patrice at xs4all.nl
Wed Feb 13 17:50:26 IST 2008


dear All,

'Ashraya' or 'asylum' looks like dead in our times. However, it seems that 
the French minister for Human Rights has pleaded for giving French 
citizenship to both Taslima Nasreen and Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

Ciaou from Paris, patrizio & Diiiinooos!   

On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 04:14:55PM +0500, Jeebesh Bagchi wrote:
> dear All,
> 
> In this case the question is not about freedom of speech. Taslima is  
> not a citizen of India, so State in India has no jurisdiction to have  
> a say on her freedom of speech. The state can persecute her  
> publishers or ban the book but her freedom of speech is not  
> guaranteed here.
> 
> The question is of "ashraya" (or what is termed as asylum). Every  
> culture has developed ways of thinking about "ashraya" and very  
> interesting histories can be uncovered here from all over the world.  
> It will be interesting how "ashraya" is thought in our times.
> 
> warmly
> jeebesh
> 


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