Sued Under DSA: Journo Akib gets bail after 42 days in jail Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The High Court granted bail to Akib Hridoy, a local journalist in Kishoreganj, for six months yesterday, 42 days after he was arrested under the controversial Digital Security Act.
Md Sarwar Murshed Chowdhury, the then deputy commissioner of the district, filed the case with Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station on December 28 last year against Akib on charge of issuing threats and spreading hatred against him, executive magistrate concerned of a mobile court and police on Facebook live.
Police arrested Akib, 28, who works as a Kishoreganj correspondent for Anand TV and an online media outlet, from his house in Ukilpara area of the district the same day.
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Twenty-two lawyers in New York have filed a complaint against U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY1) accusing him of ethics violations this month in his objection to the congressional certification of Joe Biden as president.
The complaint, filed with the Attorney Grievance Committee for the state Supreme Court Appellate Division, seeks to revoke Zeldin’s licence to practice law in the state following an immediate investigation.
Similar investigations are underway against former Trump lawyer Rudy Guilliani.
Zeldin joined 139 representatives and eight senators in objecting to the presidential ratification hours after a violent mob of President Donald Trump extremists assaulted the U.S. Capitol following a rally in Washington, D.C. The lawyers claim Trump and his close allies, including Zeldin, incited the violence that killed five people, including a Capitol police officer. Authorities have made over 100 arrests.
Impact unknown but Erie County executive remains hopeful. In the meantime, Erie County has had to cancel more COVID vaccination clinics due to supply problems
Christopher Mazur Announces Candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge
By: Staff Reporter
Long time Special Prosecutor and current City of Niagara Falls Corporation Counsel, Christopher M. Mazur, has announced his candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge for 2021. Mr. Mazur is seeking the seat currently held by Judge Mark Anthony Violante, who will be reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 next year.
“My professional and life experience has prepared me to take the next step in my legal career as I am ready to follow in the footsteps of past and current City Court judges who are alumni of the Corporation Counsel’s office.”
Chris Mazur
Longtime special prosecutor and current City of Niagara Falls Corporation Counsel, Christopher M. Mazur has announced his candidacy for Niagara Falls City Court Judge for 2021.
Mazur will look to fill the seat currently held by City Court Judge Mark Anthony Violante, who will be reaching the mandatory retirement age of 70 next year.
âMy professional and life experience has prepared me to take the next step in my legal career as I am ready to follow in the footsteps of past and current City Court judges who are alumni of the corporation counselâs office, Mazur said.Â
A lifelong resident of Niagara Falls, Mazur is a graduate of the former Niagara Catholic High School. The first member of his family to attend college, he graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with degrees in political science and history prior to obtaining his law degree from the SUNY Buffalo Law School.