Bangladesh court sentences prominent rights activists to two-year prison term

Dhaka, Sept 14 (EFE).- A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced two officials of a local rights group to two years in prison for allegedly publishing “misleading information” on enforced disappearances and extrajudicial executions in the country, defying growing international calls to halt their trial. Judge AM Julfiker Hayet of Dhaka Cyber Tribunal also imposed a …

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