{"id":1213414,"date":"2023-09-15T09:38:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/humanrightsdefenders.blog\/?p=25036"},"modified":"2023-09-15T09:38:00","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:38:00","slug":"protest-follows-sentencing-of-adilur-rahman-khan-and-nasiruddin-elan-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2023\/09\/15\/protest-follows-sentencing-of-adilur-rahman-khan-and-nasiruddin-elan-in-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Protest follows sentencing of Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
On 14 September 2023 the Cyber Tribunal, Dhaka sentenced to two years imprisonment Odhikar\u2019s Secretary Adilur Rahman Khan and Director ASM Nasiruddin Elan for allegedly breaching Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act 2006. They were charged for releasing a report on extrajudicial killings committed on 5 and 6 May 2013, centering around the Hefazat-e-Islam protests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n