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Bangladesh High Court decides today on freedom for cartoonist Kabir Kishore

El Tribunal Superior de Bangladesh decide hoy sobre la libertad del dibujante Kabir Kishore

Ilustration by Mexican cartoonist Antonio Rodríguez The High Court will today announce its decision on the bail plea of cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, who has been in jail for more than nine months after being arrested in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. Kishore has been in jail since May last ... Read more

Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed dies in prison

El escritor bangladesí Mushtaq Ahmed muere en prisión

Mushtaq Ahmed. Photo: Lipa Akhter. Source CPJ The 53-year-old Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed died yesterday in prison of unknown causes. Ahmed was arrested in 2020 on charges of spreading rumors and/or false news about covid-19 on social media. On May 6, 2020, the RAB, Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh, arrested the writer along ... Read more