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There is widespread anger in Bangladesh over the death in prison of a dissident writer arrested last year under the Digital Security Act (DSA), which critics say stifles freedom of speech.
Mushtaq Ahmed, 53, died on Thursday in the high-security Kashimpur jail in Gazipur district, 32km (20 miles) from the capital Dhaka.
The cause of death was not immediately clear. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Friday ordered an investigation into the incident.
Protesters in Dhaka, angry over Ahmed’s death, demonstrate against the Digital Security Act [Mahmud Hossain Opu/Al Jazeera]Ahmed was arrested on May 6 last year under the DSA for his social media comments allegedly criticising the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. ....

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