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Fakhrul demands Digital Security Act cancellation

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Published: 10:27, 9 May 2020   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Fakhrul demands Digital Security Act cancellation

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has demanded cancellation of the Digital Security Act and release of elderly men and women captives from jail.

The BNP stalwart made the demand in a press briefing at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office in the capital on Saturday.

He said, “BNP wants to clearly inform the government that the digital security act is being misused to save the government from people’s outrage. The government must have stop the injustice. The anti-people act should be abolished immediately.”

“We condemn and protest the act of misusing the digital security act to arrest and harass people across the country amid the growing coronavirus pandemic. Not only BNP, but also all political parties, human rights organizations and Editors’ Council demanded cancellation of the anti-people act. Meanwhile, seven ambassadors demanded in tweets to stop arrest and harassment in this regard.”


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