A law that gagged
Some made a differing comment, some drew a political cartoon and some made a joke online – and they all ended up in jail, in some cases for months. This is how the Digital Security Act (DSA) and later the Cyber Security Act (CSA) were used to gag freedom of expression and freedom of the press.
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Support pours in for flood victims
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Nahid, Asif make history
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October 28, 2020
Clear, yet not seen
The CCTV camera of Hotel Bondhu captured it all.
October 26, 2020
Security officer gone rogue
More than a dozen complaints of assault, blackmail and extortion, and verbal abuse of female visitors have been submitted to Jahangirnagar University authorities against its chief security officer Sudipta Shaheen in the four years since he took office.
October 7, 2020
Keepsakes are all she has
The books he used to read, the prizes he won, and the clothes he wore -- all are now stowed gracefully in a showcase, just the way Abrar Fahad used to keep them in his dormitory in Buet.
September 10, 2020
Zinia Abduction from DU: Lupa, a woman of many avatars
She is a woman of myriad disguises.
August 18, 2020
I will sue everyone, I swear
Stamford University student Shipra Debnath, also a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has promised to file cases under the Digital Security Act against police officials and others who made her life miserable by circulating her private photos on social media.
August 16, 2020
Cyberbullying now adds to her trauma
Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University and a crew member of slain Maj (retd) Sinha Md Rashed Khan, has fallen victim to cyberbullying, her family alleged.
August 6, 2020
Killing of ex-Army Major Sinha: Three youths caught up in accusations
Just before heading to Cox’s Bazar a month ago, Shipra Debnath, a student of Stamford University in Dhaka, told her brother Suvojit Debnath: “I will direct a documentary.”
July 31, 2020
‘Suspects’ held 2 days before blast
Contradicting the police account, family members of two of the suspects arrested in connection with the explosion at Pallabi Police Station said they were detained two days before the incident.
July 29, 2020
No end to their trauma in sight
Like any other teenage student, Tarek Aziz would attend classes or hang out with friends on the campus. He would also go to a movie or play cricket or football in his spare time.
July 26, 2020
Medical College Admission Test: Same gang, over and over again
Just three days before the medical college entrance test in 2015, Rab said it arrested the ringleader and three members of the gang that leaked the questions.
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