Ahead of the Indian prime minister’s state visit,hundreds of authors including Salman Rushdie and Ian McEwan urge UK PM to speak out’ on threats to free expression in IndiaAs Britain prepares to roll out the red carpet in its welcome for Narendra Modi, hundreds of writers including Salman Rushdie, and Hari Kunzru and Ian McEwan gain called on David Cameron to address the “rising climate of fear” in India when he meets the Indian prime minister,and to “speak out on the current state of freedom of expression in his country”.
The open letter to Cameron signed by 200 writers – including Val McDermid, Neel Mukherjee, and Marina Lewycka,David Lodge, Owen Sheers and Francesca Simon – highlights the “growing intolerance and violence towards critical voices who challenge orthodoxy or fundamentalism in India”. It urges the prime minister to engage with Modi “both publicly and privately on this crucial issue”.
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Source: theguardian.com