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Legal Action
February 29
Syed Borhan Kabir, Ajker Kagoj, IMPRISONED, LEGAL ACTION
Kazi Shahid Ahmed, Ajker Kagoj, LEGAL ACTION
Kabir, a reporter for the daily Ajker Kagoj, was arrested at his office for publishing an article that Ministry of Home Affairs officials deemed seditious and threatening to government security. He was denied bail and taken to the central jail in Dhaka. Police also attempted to arrest Kabir's editor, Kazi Shahid Ahmed, on charges of sedition, but he evaded arrest and went into hiding. In the offending article, published Jan. 29, Kabir had stated that the election commission's request to post army sentries at polling stations was unconstitutional. His report also said some members of the army had refused to comply with the request. Kabir was subsequently denied an appeal for a bail hearing.
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