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Nine rights organisations on Friday urged the Bangladesh government to respect and protect people s rights to freedom of expression and to end what they said was an escalating crackdown on human rights.
They also urged stopping the crackdown on peaceful assembly to curb protesters demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed s death in custody.
The organisations are: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Asian Network for Free Election (ANFREL), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Eleos Justice - Monash University, FIDH: International Federation for Human Rights, OMCT: World Organisation Against Torture and Robert F Kennedy Human Rights.
Jatiya Swechchhasebak Dal today held a rally protesting the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail custody, and the killing of journalist Borhan Uddin Mujakkir. Around 200 party leaders and activists, including BNP National Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, started the rally in front of National Press Club around 10:30am and continued till 12:00pm. At the rally, they