Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen, a staunch critic of communalism, has spoken out against ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina amid student-led protests. She called Sheikh Hasina’s decision to flee the country an irony. Nasreen said that Hasina had thrown her out of Bangladesh to “please the Islamists”, and “the same Islamists”, who were part of the student movement have now forced Hasina to leave the country herself.