Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
Published on: 13 Jan, 2021

BANGLADESH/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

Published on: 2 March, 2021

About 300 student activists rallied in Bangladesh’s capital Monday to denounce the death in prison of a writer and commentator who was arrested last year on charges of violating a sweeping digital security law that critics say chokes freedom of expression. The protesters are demanding the annulment of the digital security law and the release of seven student activists arrested during recent protests denouncing the death of Mushtaq Ahmed.