Bangladesh's Investigative journalist, arrested under colonial-era official secrecy law, released on bail

Bangladesh’s Investigative journalist, arrested under colonial-era official secrecy law, released on bail
Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist in Bangladesh, was released from jail on Sunday after a court granted her interim bail. Her arrest under a colonial-era secrecy law triggered widespread protests at home and abroad.
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UPDATED: May 24, 2021 16:24 IST
Rozina Islam was arrested on charges of violating a colonial-era official secrecy law. (Photo: India Today/Sahidul Hasan Khokon)
A prominent Bangladeshi woman investigative journalist was released from jail on Sunday after a court granted interim bail to her, a week after she was arrested on charges of "stealing important government documents" under a colonial-era official secrecy law that triggered widespread protests at home and abroad, including by the UN.

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