Anger in Bangladesh after arrested writer dies in jail
Mushtaq Ahmed was arrested nine months ago for criticizing corruption and the govt s poor Covid-19 response
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Protesters demonstrate in Dhaka on Feb. 26 over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed. (Photo supplied)
A prominent Bangladeshi writer has died in a high-security prison nine months after he was arrested under the country’s draconian Digital Security Act for criticizing corruption and the government’s poor response to the Covid-19 pandemic on Facebook.
Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, a noted writer and founder of the country’s first commercially successful crocodile farm, died on Feb. 25.
He was transported after suddenly falling ill to Shaheed Tajuddin Medical College, where a doctor declared him dead, said Gias Uddin, jail superintendent of Kashimpur prison in Gazipur district near capital Dhaka.
Gazipur Correspondent,
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Published: 26 Feb 2021 08:42 PM BdST
Updated: 26 Feb 2021 09:20 PM BdST Members of various leftist student organisations block the Shahbagh intersection during a protest against the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail following his arrest in a Digital Security Act case, Feb 26, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The prison authorities have started a case over the “unnatural” death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail nearly 10 months after his arrest on charges pressed under the Digital Security Act. );
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Md Gias Uddin, senior jail superintendent of Kashimpur High Security Prison, initiated the case at Gazipur Sadar Police Station on Friday.
Police Sub-Inspector Syed Bayezid, who made the inquest report in the presence of Gazipur Executive Magistrate and Assistant Md Wasim Uz Zaman Chowdhury in the morning, said Mushtaq had scars of possibly past infection on his back.
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The Dodge County Zoning and Planning Commission met Wednesday to discuss the stockpiling of biomass after a waste storage site brought an overwhelming smell and abundance of flies to Scribner.
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Electric Avenue: Scribe back on the mic at Christchurch s biggest outdoor music festival
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Christchurch s biggest outdoor music festival, featuring Kiwi artists Scribe and P-Money, will go ahead this weekend.
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