Bangladesh: media worker reporting corruption arrested, charged
Event- Country
- Bangladesh
- Initial Date
- Jul 17, 2021
- Event Description
Akhtaruzzaman, Bogura District correspondent of the daily Banijya Protidin, was picked up from his home by members of the Detective Branch (DB) of Police late at night on 17 July 2021, for publishing news about corruption in the distribution of allowances to employees working on a project in the family planning department in Bogura. At that time the family planning officer Dr. Samir Hossain Mishu and his Office Assistant Shamima Akhter were with the DB Police. Twenty hours after Akhtaruzzaman’s arrest, Shamima Akhter filed a case against him under the Digital Security Act, 2018 with Bogura Sadar Police Station.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Enactment of repressive legislation and policies
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 24.84985776497093
Longitude: 89.37302028652968
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 17 July 2021, Akhtaruzzaman, media worker, was arrested by the police and later charged on repressive Digital Security Act by local governor for reporting local corruption in Bogura, Bangladesh.