Bangladesh - Blogger freed on bail but still facing blasphemy charges

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A Dhaka court finally decided yesterday to release Asif Mohiuddin, an atheist blogger who was arrested on 3 April. Charged with violating the Information and Communication Technology Act, he will hopefully be freed on 30 June after 88 days in detention, during which his health has worsened considerably. “It is regrettable that the judicial authorities took so long to release Mohiuddin despite knowing that his state of health needed special medical attention that was denied him all the time (...)

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