Members of leftist student groups have marched on the Dhaka University campus demanding revocation of the Digital Security Act, which has drawn fresh criticisms over the death of a woman in custody and the arrest of a journalist.
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A Dhaka court has bailed six of the seven demonstrators arrested after clashes with the police during a torch procession demanding investigation into writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in jail custody and repeal of the Digital Security Act. );
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Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rajesh Chowdhury granted them bail after hearing the petitions of the six accused on Sunday.
They are Tamjid Haider, Nozib Amir Chowdhury Joy, Akib Ahmed, Arafat Saad, Nazifa Jannat and Joyoti Chakrabarty.No bail petition was filed for another accused - ASM Tanjimur Rahman.
Arafat is involved with the Samajtantrik Chhatra Front while the rest are members of Bangladesh Students’ Union.
Dhaka University Correspondent,
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Published: 06 Mar 2021 01:54 AM BdST
Updated: 06 Mar 2021 01:54 AM BdST
The leftist student organisations have threatened nationwide protests if the government does not come out with its stance within Sunday on their demand to repeal the Digital Security Act. );
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They rallied outside the National Museum in Dhaka’s Shahbagh on Friday where they also demanded justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in jail, and release of activists arrested in political cases.
“The government must make clear its position on our demand for the repeal of the Digital Security Act within Sunday. If it doesn’t, our protests will not be limited only to