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Journalist arrested over Facebook post in Bangladesh
Sources News Release
http://www.sources.com/Releases/NR2525.htm
Publisher: International Federation of Journalists
Date Written: 25/08/2015
Year Published: 2015
Resource Type: Article
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in expressing serious concern over the arrest and detention of a journalist in Dhaka over a Facebook post.
Abstract: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in expressing serious concern over the arrest and detention of a journalist in Dhaka over a Facebook post. The IFJ calls on the government to take immediate action to repeal the ICT Act which continues to be used to suppress freedom of expression.
Probir Sikdar, the editor of online news portal Uttoradhikar 71 News, was arrested on August 16 from his office by policemen in plainclothes a...
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