Bangladesh: Another journalist nabbed under digital security act

IFJ
25 May 2021
Bangladesh: Another journalist nabbed under digital security act
Al Amin Hossain, the Meherpur district correspondent for Daily Business Bangladesh, was arrested under the Digital Security Act (DSA) for publishing a news report about a political leader last year. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges the authorities to drop all charges against the journalist.
Journalist Al Amin Hossain. Credit: Prothomalo.com
Al Amin Hossain was arrested on May 22 at his residence at Banshbaria in Gangni municipality in response to a case that was filed against him on May 13, 2020 by Sabuj Hossain, the nephew of the Gangni-2 constituency MP, Maqbool Hossain. The case statement filed at Gangni Police Station in Gangni Upazila contends that the journalist published a false news report against Maqbool Hossain in the Meherpur Protidin newspaper last year.

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