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Bangladesh HC Grants Bail To Cartoonist After Protests Intensify Over Digital Security Act
Bangladesh’s High Court on March 3 granted bail to a prominent cartoonist who has been held for 10 months of pre-trial detention under digital security law.
Bangladesh’s High Court on March 3 granted bail to a prominent cartoonist who has been held for 10 months of pre-trial detention under digital security law. According to the Associated Press, Ahmed Kabir Kishore was detained in May after he drew cartoons mocking a powerful businessman close to the government. He is facing charges of creating confusion over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic and contributing to the deterioration of law and order in the country.
Bangladesh: Female officials barred from registering Islamic marriages
A court in Bangladesh has banned women from registering nikahs, or Islamic weddings, because of their menstruation cycles. Activists say the verdict is unconstitutional and discriminatory.
Activists say the verdict has shocked and offended them
A decision by Bangladesh s High Court on Sunday to bar women officials from registering Islamic marriages has caused uproar in the South Asian country.
The court ruled that a Muslim wedding is a sacred ceremony and women are not allowed to register it because of their monthly menstruation cycles. The judges ruled that women can t enter mosques while having their periods and therefore are not fit for the profession of registering marriages.