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Bangladesh’s Investigative journalist, arrested under colonial-era official secrecy law, released on bail Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist in Bangladesh, was released from jail on Sunday after a court granted her interim bail. Her arrest under a colonial-era secrecy law triggered widespread protests at home and abroad. advertisement UPDATED: May 24, 2021 16:24 IST Rozina Islam was arrested on charges of violating a colonial-era official secrecy law. (Photo: India Today/Sahidul Hasan ...

Dhaka, May 23 A prominent Bangladeshi senior woman investigative journalist was released from jail on Sunday after a court granted interim bail to her, a week after she was arrested on charges of vio

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Bangladeshi woman journalist arrested under colonial-era official secrecy law gets bail The health ministry filed a case against Rozina Islam under the draconian 1923 Official Secrets Act that carries harsh penalties, including a possible death penalty. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Bangladeshi artists carry an artwork during a protest against the arrest of Rozina Islam in Dhaka. (Photo | AP) By PTI DHAKA: A Bangladeshi court on Sunday granted interim bail to a senior woman investigative ...

Source: Highlights Rozina Islam, a senior reporter, was also granted bail on condition of submitting her passport, The Daily Star newspaper reported. The health ministry filed a case against Islam under the draconian 1923 Official Secrets Act that carries harsh penalties, including a possible death penalty. Rozina in recent months published several reports exposing the health ministrys alleged malpractices during the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing public attention. Dhaka: A Bangladeshi court on Sun...

This was perhaps the first time that the country invoked the Official Secrets Act, 1923 against a journalist.

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Protests erupt after anti-graft woman journalist arrested in Bangladesh 2 minutes read Dhaka, May 19, (EFE).- Bangladeshi journalists protested for the second day on Wednesday, demanding the release of a female investigative reporter arrested on charges of stealing confidential government documents. A Dhaka court sent journalist Rozina Islam, 42, a senior reporter with Prothom Alo newspaper, one of the largest circulated in the country, to judicial custody on Tuesday after police charged her ...

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Senior Bangladeshi woman journalist arrested Rozina Islam, a senior reporter of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, has been booked on charges of violating a colonial-era official secrecy law PTI   |   Dhaka   |   Published 19.05.21, 02:30 AM A senior Bangladeshi woman journal...