Bangladeshi Author May Be in Embassy
Associated Press
DHAKA, Bangladesh —
The government increased security around embassies Sunday following reports that fugitive author Taslima Nasrin was hiding in a Western diplomatic mission.
Nasrin fled her home June 4 when a court ordered her arrest on charges of blaspheming Islam. Muslim fundamentalists have demanded that she be put to death.
The English-language newspaper the New Nation reported that the “‘ambassador of a Western country is harboring Nasrin and defying laws of the host country.” It did not identify the country.
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