In an open letter, they said the disquiet had prompted them "to chronicle their reservations and misgivings" about the developments. The letter referred to "rising authoritarianism and majoritarianism", which, they said, barred debate and dissent. "There is a growing hyper-nationalism that reduces any critique to a binary: if you are not with the government, you are anti-national. Those in authority should not be questioned - that is the clear message," they said in the letter made public today. "It appears as if there is a growing climate of religious intolerance that is aimed primarily at Muslims," it said.

Source: dna June 13, 2017 13:52 UTC