Bangladesh teacher awarded imprisonment for Facebook status
Posted on | januari 5, 2012 | 2 Comments
Bangladesh for the first time has given a verdict on Wednesday to a university teacher for his status wishing death of prime minister Shiekh Hasina. The High Court sentenced Jahangirnagar University’s fugitive teacher Muhammad Ruhul Amin Khandaker to six months for contempt of court, after the accused failed to appear on court summons. The court will soon deliver the verdict on the primary case, wishing death to Hasina in social media, which Khandakar wrote on Aug. 13 in the Facebook status. Bangladesh has 2,251,340 ranking 56th position globally.
Bangladesh, last May was the second South Asian nation after Pakistan to block the popular social media Facebook for blasphemy inviting people to draw images of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad. The court ordered the university authority to take steps against the fugitive teacher according to the university rules. The police chief has been asked to arrest him, Hossain said. The court also ordered the foreign ministry to bring back the teacher from Australia, where he is study leave.
Human rights lawyer Dr Shahdin Malik said Bangladesh does not have specific laws to punish Facebook users. Therefore, it would be difficult to charge a user for security threats or blasphemy.
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Tags: Bangladesh > blasphemy > Facebook > Hossain > Jahangirnagar University > Muhammad Ruhul Amin Khandaker > Shahdin Malik
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januari 5th, 2012 @ 13:41
nice
januari 5th, 2012 @ 13:46
i like bangladesh news because i am bangladeshi now i live in england in newcastle city in cramlington town