3 Shibir men held for anti-govt Facebook posts

Law enforcers early today detained three Islami Chhatra Shibir activists for using Facebook via proxy servers and posting anti-government remarks.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) picked up Omar Faruk, 22, Tanvir Ahmed 18, and Tawhid Hasan 21, from different parts of the capital around 2:00am.

“They are students, who go by the Facebook names — Majhi Chara Nouka, Albert Einstein and Tawhid Hasan,” said Rab-2 Deputy Director Md Didarul Alam.

They have been using Facebook by proxy servers and posting derogatory remarks against the government and the country.

On November 18, the government blocked the social media network Facebook, online messaging and calling services WhatsApp and Viber.