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‘Rozina in jail as she exposed graft’
Protests rage on for fifth day
Journalists of Prothom Alo and the paper’s fans hold a candle-light vigil near their office in the capital’s Karwan Bazar, demanding release of their colleague Senior Reporter Rozina Islam, who has been sued under the Official Secrets Act and arrested. The reporter, currently in jail, had written several in-depth reports on corruption in the health sector amid the pandemic. Photo: Rashed Shumon
Staff Correspondent
Staff Correspondent
Demonstrations to demand the immediate release of Prothom Alo journalist Rozina Islam raged on for the fifth day, with different organisations yesterday staging protest rallies, human chains and a token hunger strike.
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 04 Mar 2021 06:29 PM BdST
Updated: 04 Mar 2021 06:29 PM BdST
Information Minister Hasan Mahmud sees no reason to pay attention to the demand for the repeal of the Digital Security Act after the prison death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed detained under the same law. );
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“There are many citizens in Bangladesh. We don’t have to do something just because a small group wants us to,” Mahmud said while speaking to journalists at the ministry on Thursday.
Nagorik Somaj, a platform of different organisations led by Zafrullah Chowdhury, trustee of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra, staged a rally on Wednesday demanding that the act be repealed by Mar 26.
Senior Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 03 Mar 2021 07:57 PM BdST
Updated: 03 Mar 2021 07:57 PM BdST
Demonstrators protesting for Mushtaq Ahmed have demanded that the Digital Security Act be repealed by Mar 26 following the writer’s death in jail pending trial after he was arrested on charges pressed under the law. );
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Nagorik Somaj, a platform of different organisations led by Zafrullah Chowdhury, trustee of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra, raised the demand on Wednesday and called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to consider it.
Led by Zafrullah in a wheelchair, the protesters marched towards the Prime Minister’s Office from the National Press Club. On being stopped by the police near Hotel InterContinental, the protesters staged a rally there.