Is a 1923 law applicable for modern Bangladesh?
Eminent citizens question govt’s move to arrest investigative journalist
Staff correspondent
Staff correspondent
Civil society bodies and eminent citizens across the nation issued statements decrying the arrest of Prothom Alo senior correspondent Rozina Islam and demanded her immediate release.
Addressing a webinar by the Committee for the Protection of Fundamental Rights (Moulik Odhikar Shurokkha Committee), eminent jurist Dr Shahdeen Malik commented on the use of the Official Secrets Act against Rozina Islam. I have only found one judgment under this law, and it was given by the High Court in 1983. This is a clear example that the government is using the criminal code to silence journalists in new ways, he said.
MJF expresses concern over death of a college student in Gulshan flat
Star Digital Report
Star Digital Report
Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) has expressed concern over the death of a college student in a flat in Dhaka s Gulshan area on April 26.
They also expressed concern at the submission of a bail petition by the accused and demanded a fair investigation so that the accused in the case cannot escape the law.
MJF, a non-government and non-profit organisation, issued a press statement in this regard.
In the statement they also noted that the public is very aggrieved by incidents of such violence on women.
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Expressing concern and resentment over the growing tendency of blaming victims of rape, torture and murder in real life and on social media, Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) today demanded that such acts be brought under the law. MJF said this in a press release issued today and signed by its senior coordinator Shahana Huda Ranjana.