BANGLADESH ARRESTS WOMAN JOURNALIST UNDER COLONIAL -ERA OFFICIAL SECRECY LAW

  • 18/05/2021

A senior Bangladeshi woman journalist, known for her investigative reporting, was arrested on charges of violating a colonial-era official secrecy law, the police said on Tuesday, triggering protests by the rights groups and her colleagues.

Rozina Islam, a senior reporter of Bangla daily Prothom Alo, the largest daily newspaper based on circulation, was on Monday detained for over five hours by the Health Ministry officials for allegedly clicking a picture of a document with her cell phone without permission. She was later arrested by the police.The ministry filed a case against her at around midnight under the 1923 Official Secrets Act while she spent her night under the police custody, the police saiD

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