Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Bangladesh: Mass Arrests Over Cartoons, Posts

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Expand A protester demands the release of Bangladeshi journalist Shafiqul Islam Kajol in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 5, 2020. © 2020 Syed Mahamudur Rahman/NurPhoto via AP (New York) – Bangladesh authorities have arrested four people and charged seven others for “spreading rumors and misinformation on Facebook,” because they criticized the government’s response to Covid-19, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should immediately drop all charges, which appear to violate freedom of expression, release the four people in custody, and repeal the draconian…

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