Senior Correspondent,
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Published: 03 Mar 2021 07:57 PM BdST
Updated: 03 Mar 2021 07:57 PM BdST
Demonstrators protesting for Mushtaq Ahmed have demanded that the Digital Security Act be repealed by Mar 26 following the writer’s death in jail pending trial after he was arrested on charges pressed under the law. );
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Nagorik Somaj, a platform of different organisations led by Zafrullah Chowdhury, trustee of the Gonoshasthaya Kendra, raised the demand on Wednesday and called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to consider it.
Led by Zafrullah in a wheelchair, the protesters marched towards the Prime Minister’s Office from the National Press Club. On being stopped by the police near Hotel InterContinental, the protesters staged a rally there.
Staff Correspondent,
bdnews24.com
Published: 01 Mar 2021 10:25 PM BdST
Updated: 01 Mar 2021 10:25 PM BdST
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has criticised the reaction of foreign diplomats over the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who was in jail in a case under the Digital Security Act. );
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Momen was speaking to reporters at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on his return from a trip to the United States on Monday.
The minister said that he did not face any questions on Al Jazeera’s controversial report, titled All the Prime Minister’s Men , from officials of the United Nations during his visit.
Ambassadors and high commissioners of 13 OECD countries, including the US and the UK, have expressed “grave concern” over Mushtaq s death in custody nearly 10 months after his arrest in a case under the Digital Security Act.
Dhaka University Correspondent
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Published: 26 Feb 2021 02:30 PM BdST
Updated: 26 Feb 2021 03:16 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. Members of different leftist student organisations light a fire at the Shahbagh intersection on Friday, Feb 26, 2021, during a protest rally over writer Mushtaq Ahmed s death in jail following his arrest in a case under the Digital Security Act, Feb 26, 2021. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi 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