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.
7 detained earlier under DSA and ICT Act demand abolition, amendment of acts
Call for judicial probe into alleged torture of cartoonist Kishore, writer Mushtaq Star Digital Report Star Digital Report
Seven citizens who had earlier been detained under the Digital Security Act and ICT Act today demanded a judicial probe into the alleged torture of writer Mushtaq Ahmed and cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore in custody and the trial of responsible law enforcement members.
The group of teachers, journalists and activists also demanded abolition of the controversial law and amendment of the ICT Act with human rights-centric principles.
In a statement, they said: We are deeply concerned about the recent death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in prison and fear for all inmates. At the same time, we have also learned Kishore had complained that he had been tortured in custody of the law enforcement agencies after his arrest on the night of May 2 last year