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Bangladesh arrests journalist known for unearthing graft
Julhas Alam
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Bangladeshi journalist Rozina Islam, center, is escorted by police to a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. Police in Bangladesh s capital have arrested the prominent journalist on charges of stealing and photographing sensitive state information. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
DHAKA – A journalist in Bangladesh known for her strong reporting on official corruption was arrested on charges of violating a colonial-era official secrets act which carries a possible death penalty, authorities said Tuesday.
Rozina Islam, a senior reporter for the leading Prothom Alo newspaper, allegedly used her cellphone without permission to photograph documents related to government negotiations to buy coronavirus vaccines while she waited in the room of an official involved in the process, according to case documents seen by The Associated Press.
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Court rejects remand plea
Police escort journalist Rozina Islam to the Metropolitan Magistrate’s Court in Old Dhaka yesterday, hours after she was shown arrested in a case filed under the Official Secrets Act and Penal Code. Photo: Star
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A Dhaka court yesterday sent Prothom Alo journalist Rozina Islam to jail, as protests raged on across the country demanding her immediate release.
Metropolitan Magistrate Mohammad Jashim, however, rejected police s petition to take the senior reporter on a five-day remand in a case filed under several sections of Official Secrets act and the penal code.
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