Bangladesh tribunal keeps three journalists jailed awaiting trial
Bangladesh’s special tribunals have kept three journalists—Shyamal Dutta, Mozammel Babu, and Farzana Rupa—jailed awaiting trial in a crimes-against-humanity case linked to the 2024 Hasina uprising, with prosecutors alleging they incited suppression during protests triggered by Hasina’s press conference. Rights groups and the Commonwealth Journalists Association criticized the move as entrenching press repression and warned it criminalizes reporting; the journalists’ families say they are being held illegally and question the evidence.
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About Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina Wazed is a Bangladeshi politician who twice served as the Prime Minister of Bangladesh from 1996 to 2001 and again from 2009 until her resignation in 2024. She is Bangladesh's longest-serving prime minister and the longest-serving female head of government in history. A daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, she has also served as president of the Awami League since 1981.
Everything about Sheikh Hasina →- Occupation
- politician, writer, jurist
- Position held
- president, Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh, Leader of the Opposition, Member of the Parliament of Bangladesh
- Citizenship
- Pakistan, Bangladesh
- Born
- September 28, 1947