Mushtaq’s Death: Ensure justice, scrap DSA
7 victims of controversial laws urge govt
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Seven victims of the Digital Security Act and ICT Act yesterday demanded a judicial probe into the alleged brutal torture on writer Mushtaq Ahmed and cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in custody and trial of law enforcers accused of torture.
Terming the DSA a "death trap", the seven, including a teacher, journalists and activists, in a statement also demanded scrapping of the controversial law and amendment to the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act by incorporating in it human rights-centric principles.
Mushtaq died in prison custody on February 25.