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Arrest and imprisonment of journalist over RTI request is ominous

The eruption of hostility surrounding the submission of a simple RTI request to a public official was uncalled for

Digital Security Act: 5 journos sued, 1 of them held

A reporter of the Bangla daily Jugantor was arrested in Keraniganj on Tuesday, hours after a case was filed against him and four other reporters of the newspaper under the controversial Digital Security Act.

Section 57: Journalist arrested for FB post on goat’s death

Yet another journalist is made victim of the “black law” section 57, sued by a colleague, for alleged libel against a local lawmaker in Khulna.

Journalist Shawkat Mahmud arrested

Days into the arrest of Faridpur journalist Probir Sikdar, police detain journalist Shawkat Mahmud while attending a programme in Dhaka.

April 16, 2024
April 16, 2024

Arrest and imprisonment of journalist over RTI request is ominous

The eruption of hostility surrounding the submission of a simple RTI request to a public official was uncalled for

February 21, 2019
February 21, 2019

Digital Security Act: 5 journos sued, 1 of them held

A reporter of the Bangla daily Jugantor was arrested in Keraniganj on Tuesday, hours after a case was filed against him and four other reporters of the newspaper under the controversial Digital Security Act.

August 1, 2017
August 1, 2017

Section 57: Journalist arrested for FB post on goat’s death

Yet another journalist is made victim of the “black law” section 57, sued by a colleague, for alleged libel against a local lawmaker in Khulna.

August 18, 2015
August 18, 2015

Journalist Shawkat Mahmud arrested

Days into the arrest of Faridpur journalist Probir Sikdar, police detain journalist Shawkat Mahmud while attending a programme in Dhaka.