Repeal Bangladesh Digital Security Act – demands Amnesty
Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on right to freedom of expression online and urgently repeal or amend the draconian Digital Security Act (DSA), Amnesty International said in a new briefing released on Monday.
Introduced in October 2018, the DSA – a law that contains overbroad and vague provisions granting authorities extensive powers – is increasingly being used to stifle dissent online, with punishments that can extend to life imprisonment.
The briefing, No space for dissent: Bangladesh’s Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Online, examines cases under the DSA against 10 people who have been subjected to a wide range of human rights violations simply for criticising powerful people on social media.
The Supreme Court today upheld a High Court ruling that Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura who is accused of committing corruption, cannot seek bail from any court for six months for resorting to fraudulence.
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Tufan can’t seek bail for 6 months
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The High Court yesterday ruled that Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura who is accused of committing corruption, cannot seek bail from any court for six months for resorting to fraudulence.
Tufan committed forgery with the HC by submitting a fresh bail petition even though a rule over this issue was pending with the same court, Anti-Corruption Commission lawyer Sazzad Hossain told The Daily Star.
The ACC filed the corruption case with Bogura Sadar Police Station on December 31, 2018, against Tufan, who came to the limelight after raping a college girl and shaving heads of the victim and her mother in Bogura.
Bogura’s Tufan Sarkar cannot seek bail from any court for 6 months: HC
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In a High Court ruling today, Tufan Sarkar, a suspended Sramik League leader of Bogura, was barred from seeking bail from any court of the country for the next six months in a corruption case filed against him for committing fraudulence with the court.
Tufan Sarkar committed forgery with the HC by submitting a fresh bail petition before it, although a rule over this issue has been pending at the same court, Anti-Corruption Commission s lawyer Sazzad Hossain told The Daily Star.