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Bangladesh : fear of torture for detained human rights journalist Mr Mahmudur Rahman

Human rights defender and Acting Editor of the recently closed Amar Desh newspaper, Mr Mahmudur Rahman, has been placed on 12-day remand on charges of terrorism and sedition, after his arrest on 2 June 2010. Amar Desh is a major daily newspaper in Bangladesh which has been critical of the government, regularly reported on repression […]

June 10, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }

Concern about safety and life of Mahmudur Rahman

June 6, 2010  Mahmudur Rahman, the Acting Editor of the Bengali Daily Amar Desh, was arrested under sections 419, 420 and 500 of the Penal Code under the Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station Case No. 1(6)2010 and again under sections 143, 342, 332, 353, 186, 506, 114 of the Penal Code under the Tejgaon Police […]

June 6, 2010 | Read full story | Comments { 0 }