Maidul Islam
Bangladeshi journalist Shahidul Alam gets bail after 102 days in prison
63-year-old Shahidul Alam was arrested on August 5, hours after he gave an interview to Al Jazeera in which he spoke about the demands of the student protesters in the country. The student protests saw tens of thousands of youth hit the streets demanding safer roads
Teachers demand release of jailed Bangladeshi professor Maidul Islam
Islam was jailed on the charges of making derogatory remarks about Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in a Facebook post.
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