A high-profile cartoonist and a Sweden-based journalist were among seven men charged on Sunday under Bangladesh's internet law that critics say is being used against opposition figures. A court in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka accepted formal charges laid out by police under the Digital Security Act against cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and rights activist and journalist Tasneem Khalil, prosecutor Nazrul Islam …
Probe ordered into claims by Ahmed Kabir Kishore that he was tortured before police arrested him under the country’s harsh digital laws. A court in Bangladesh has ordered a probe into claims by a formerly jailed cartoonist that he was tortured before police detained him under the country’s harsh internet laws, his lawyer said. “The court has also directed the …
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