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When he wrote his last letter from prison, Mushtaq Ahmed was worried about the health of his wife Lipa Akhter. She had suffered a mental breakdown and had been hospitalised, reportedly because of her inability to obtain bail for her husband.
Whatever the charge they may bring against us, always remember the poem of Mahadev Saha, Mushtaq Ahmed wrote to her.
“Can they charge a cuckoo with sedition if it calls someone’s name?
Can a lily be on trial if it’s petal drops on a forbidden person’s grave?
Can they prosecute the sky for shading that tomb?
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JournalismPakistan.com February 26, 2021
NEW YORK Bangladeshi authorities should conduct a swift, transparent, and independent investigation into the death of writer and commentator Mushtaq Ahmed in custody, and should release jailed political cartoonist Kabir Kishore unconditionally and investigate claims that he was subjected to physical abuse in custody, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Frid
Demand for revoking DSA gets louder
Writer Mushtaq laid to rest
Staff Correspondent 26th February, 2021 10:40:42
The death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who was arrested under the Digital Security Act (DSA) over nine months ago, in jail has triggered an angry outcry with people from different walks of life demanding that the law be revoked and a probe be launched into his death.
People started venting their anger at the death of the writer, who was denied bail six times since his arrest in May last year, since he was declared dead at a Gazipur hospital after being taken there from a prison.