A Dhaka court handed journalist Anis Alamgir a five-day remand after cops said he posted stuff online about potential attacks on the July Memorial Museum and the chief adviser's house. Prosecutors claimed he was backing the banned student league and working to mess with state security, but his defense team pointed out that way harsher comments fly around on TV talk shows all the time without anyone getting arrested.
His lawyers argued that throwing opinions online under cyber laws is one thing, but slapping terrorism charges on speech is completely different. Alamgir basically told the court he has been questioning power for twenty years and plans to keep doing it regardless of who runs things. The whole case seems built around comments he made during talk show appearances that the government decided crossed some line.
His lawyers argued that throwing opinions online under cyber laws is one thing, but slapping terrorism charges on speech is completely different. Alamgir basically told the court he has been questioning power for twenty years and plans to keep doing it regardless of who runs things. The whole case seems built around comments he made during talk show appearances that the government decided crossed some line.
