UN experts ask Bangladeshi authorities to end persecution of rights organization Odhikar
Odhikar has been facing judicial persecution with charges filed against its secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and director ASM Nasiruddin Elan for allegedly publishing “fake, distorted and defamatory” information
Bangladeshi journalist arrested for reporting on rising food prices
Samsuzzaman Shams, a reporter with leading daily Prothom Alo was arrested under the controversial Digital Security Act , after police officials raided his house in the dead of night
Journalists bodies demand release of investigative reporter in Bangladesh
Known for unearthing graft of the Bangladeshi government, investigative journalist Rozina Islam was arrested for violating the colonial-era official secrecy law, Official Secrets Act
Bangladeshi cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore gets bail after 10 months in detention
The decision came days after the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed who was also detained under the Digital Security Act. Protests have broken out across Bangladesh demanding the withdrawal of the law
Bukele-led alliance set to secure majority in El Salvador elections and other stories
In today’s episode we take a look at the preliminary results of El Salvador’s elections, the sentencing of Palestinian politician Khalida Jarrar by an Israeli military court, protests in Bangladesh following the custodial death of Mushtaq Ahmed, and cuts to aid for Yemen by the UK government.
- US announces military exercise in Guyana and Venezuela responds: “Threat to regional peace”
- Heavy rains in southern Brazil are likely to make food prices soar
- The number of forcibly displaced people in Myanmar has doubled in the last six months
- Death toll from floods in Rio Grande do Sul rises to 90, affecting more than 1 million people
- Is Biden really against Israel’s invasion of Rafah?
