Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a body of pro-BNP lawyers, today alleged that the "unelected" government has illegally detained 21,835 BNP men since October 28 to foil BNP's movement for restoring democracy and people's right to vote.
In another spate of crackdowns on Afghan media workers, journalist Abdul Rahim Mohammadi was reportedly detained by the Taliban’s General Directorate of Intelligence in Kabul on December 4, while on December 10, Radio Nasim manager Sultan Ali Javadi was sentenced to one year in prison in a Taliban court in Nili, Daikundi. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU), condemn the journalists’ detention and call on the Taliban to take swift action to cease the increasing number media violations and immediately release all media workers still in custody.