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Moudud accuses govt of harassment
BNP Standing Committee Member Moudud Ahmed yesterday accused the government of harassing a newspaper editor following the publication of a Skype conversation between the former chairman of International Crimes Tribunal-1 and a Bangladeshi legal expert.
His accusation comes a day after a High Court bench refused to pass any order on a bail petition filed by Bangla daily Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and publisher Hasmat Ali in connection with a case.
“The crime for which he was sued is that he reproduced a report of The Economist. There was a one-and-half-hour argument in the court yesterday and finally the high court bench sent back the bail petitions to the petitioners,†he said.
“The government is trying to influence the judiciary, putting its independence at risk,†Moudud told a seminar, “Institutional complicity in human rights violations in Bangladeshâ€.
Group 2009, a forum of pro-BNP professionals, organised the seminar at a hotel in the capital.
Degradation of the rule of law is the country's greatest crisis, he said, adding, “While a gang rape has shaken India, two or three rapes are now a daily event in Bangladesh. Forced disappearance is now a culture.â€
Former commerce minister Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and journalist Shafik Rehman also spoke at the seminar.
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