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Bangladesh: Professor sacked, threatened: Professor Md. Morshed Hasan Khan

16 Sep 2020

Professor Md. Morshed Hasan Khan faces trumped-up sedition charges and has had his professorial position at Dhaka University terminated for publishing an opinion editorial in a national newspaper. Professor Morshed has received multiple death threats from unidentified people, and is being denied access to his campus residence, where his wife – who is a cancer patient - resides. In 2019 alone, at least 1,325 people were detained in 732 cases filed under the Digital Security Act (DSA). If found guilty, Professor Morshed could face life imprisonment.
bangladesh asia and the pacific censorship and freedom of expression detention
Index number
ASA 13/3055/2020
Published in
United Kingdom

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