Repeal Bangladesh Digital Security Act – demands Amnesty
Bangladeshi authorities must end the crackdown on right to freedom of expression online and urgently repeal or amend the draconian Digital Security Act (DSA), Amnesty International said in a new briefing released on Monday.
Introduced in October 2018, the DSA – a law that contains overbroad and vague provisions granting authorities extensive powers – is increasingly being used to stifle dissent online, with punishments that can extend to life imprisonment.
The briefing, No space for dissent: Bangladesh’s Crackdown on Freedom of Expression Online, examines cases under the DSA against 10 people who have been subjected to a wide range of human rights violations simply for criticising powerful people on social media.
Thousands of workers in garment supply chains in Asia protest over dismissals International Fashion Houses Are Leaving Millions of Asians Jobless. The Workers Are Now Protesting , 29 June 2020
.In Karnataka, over a thousand garment workers are now protesting outside [ECC-2 factory]. They call the layoffs âillegalâ because they didnât get a notice, and they arenât sure if they will be paid for the days they worked.
[H&M said] âThe supplier [in Karnataka] wants to lay off workers at one of its units (out of 20 in total) and the conflict between the supplier and the trade unions is about different interpretations of the national law,â said a representative in an email interview. The representative added that H&M are in âclose dialogue with both partiesâ to resolve the matter.
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