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State cannot avoid responsibility
NHRC on Mushtaq’s death; TIB says DSA a ‘fatal weapon’ to suppress the voices of dissent; protests rage on; cases filed against detained demonstrators
Protesters denounce the Digital Security Act and demand investigation into the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed at the capital’s Shahbagh area. Students and teachers have been demonstrating since the writer, arrested nine months ago in a case filed under the act, died on Thursday. Photo: Palash Khan
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Hours after protesting writer Mushtaq Ahmed s detention under the Digital Security Act and subsequent death in custody, Ruhul Amin himself was sued under the controversial law.
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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.