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Press Statement Bangladesh: Writer Mushtaq Ahmed dies in police custody04 Mar, 2021 Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who was detained under the Digital Security Act (DSA) in May, 2020, for allegedly posting criticism of the government’s response to the Covid-19 on Facebook, died in police custody on February 25. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for a full investigation into his death in custody and the urgent repeal of the digital security act which is being abused to arrest critics of the state. Ahmed, 54, was brought unconscious toTajuddin Ahmad Medical College Hospital in Gazipur district on February 25 with the hospital confirming his deathat 8:20pm the same day. According theacting superintendent of Kashimpur High Security Jail, Gias Uddin, the writer was rushed to hospital when he fell unconscious at 7:10 pm. The cause of death is not yet clear but doctors at the hospital informed that the post mortem reports confirm details about the death. Also known under the pen nameMichael Kumar Thakur,Ahmed was arrested by the Rapid Action Battalionon May 6, 2020, and kept in pretrial detention ever since over social media posts critical of the country’s Covid-19 response and alleging mismanagement and corruption by the country’s government and its leader Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Ahmed was held in high-security and was denied bail as many as six times. The case file charged him under the DSA with spreading rumors on social media, hurting the spirit of the 1971 liberation war and tarnishing the image of the country’s founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The Journalist used to write under pen name Michael Kumar Thakur. The writer’s family members termed his death asmysterious. Soon after his death, protests erupted in Dhaka condemning the unnatural death of the writer Ahmed and blaming the government. Along with the writer, 10 other people including Ahmed Kabir Kishore, a political cartoonist were charged for their posts in social media criticizing the alleged mismanagement and corruption in Covid-19 response. Police withdrew charges against eight others but proceeded the cases against writer Ahmed, political cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore and one another defendant. Bangladesh’s DSA gives the government wide-ranging powers to search, fine and arrest anyone who violates its vague tenets. The Asian Human Rights Commission said it had documented the arrest of 138 people last year, including journalists, students and political activists. BMSF said: “BMSF condemns the arbitrary arrest under Digital Security Act and urges the Bangladesh government to investigate the case.” The IFJ general secretary, Anthony Bellanger, said:“We stand in solidarity with our colleagues in Bangladesh as they mourn the loss of Mushtaq Ahmed. This writer should have never been imprisoned let alone die in a high-security jail. This is a crime against freedom of expression. The long list of incarcerations against journalists and activists is evidence enough that The DSA must be urgently repealed.” Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Nepal संयुक्त मधेसी मोर्चाले लगाएको बन्देजप्रति महासंघको गम्भीर आपत्ति28 Oct, 2015 आन्दोलनरत संयुक्त मधेसी मोर्चाले बाराका सञ्चारमाध्यमलाई मोर्चाबाहेक अन्यको विज्ञापन, शुभकामना लागयतका सामग्री प्रकाशन–प्रसारण गर्न बन्देज लगाएकोमा नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ गम्भीर आपत्ति प्रकट गर्दछ । मोर्चाले कात्तिक १० गते एक विज्ञप्ति प्रकाशित गरी यस्तो बन्देज लगाएको छ । कुनै पनि बहानामा सञ्चारमाध्यममाथि यस किसिमले बन्देज लगाउनु प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रतामाथिको हस्तक्षेप हो । महासंघ बारामा सञ्चारमाध्यममाथि लगाइएको बन्देल तत्काल हटाई प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको निर्वाध उपभोगको वातावरण निर्माण गर्न सरकार र आन्दोलनरत पक्षलाई आह्वान गर्दछ । साथै, मधेसमा जारी आन्दोलनको सम्वादका माध्यमबाट छिटोभन्दा छिटो निष्कर्षमा पुर्याउन पनि महासंघ सरकार र आन्दोलनकारी पक्षलाई पुनः आह्वान गर्दछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download