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Nine int’l rights bodies urge govt to repeal DSA Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Nine rights organisations on Friday urged the Bangladesh government to respect and protect people s rights to freedom of expression and to end what they said was an escalating crackdown on human rights.
They also urged stopping the crackdown on peaceful assembly to curb protesters demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed s death in custody.
The organisations are: The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), Asian Network for Free Election (ANFREL), CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation, Eleos Justice - Monash University, FIDH: International Federation for Human Rights, OMCT: World Organisation Against Torture and Robert F Kennedy Human Rights.
Bangladesh: International community must respond to the crackdown on freedom of expression
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The Bangladeshi authorities must end their escalating crackdown on human rights, and respect and protect people s rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Bangladesh to curb protesters demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed s death in prison on 25 February, the nine undersigned human rights organizations said in a joint statement today.
Ahmed, 53, was a Bangladeshi writer held in pre-trial arbitrary detention for nine months under the draconian Digital Security Act of 2018 ( DSA ), following his arrest in May 2020 for Facebook posts and social media communications that were deemed critical of the government. The death in prison of Mushtaq Ahmed raises serious concerns about the protection of fundamental freedoms, including the rights to life, privacy, and the right to liberty.