Growing Abuse of Power by Executive Magistrates in Bangladesh: Legal experts have expressed worries about the growing abuse of power by the executive magistrates.
The Editors Council has strongly condemned the jailing of a journalist in Sherpur who was merely seeking information, expressing dismay over the escalating trend of such incidents targeting media professionals, which it fears is constricting the realm of free and independent.
The Sherpur journalist, who was jailed for six months for alleged misconduct while seeking information at the office of Nokla's upazila nirbahi officer in the district on March 5, was released on bail today.
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The Sherpur journalist, who was jailed for six months by a mobile court for alleged misconduct while seeking information from the Nokla UNO’s office on March 5, was released on bail yesterday.