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Bangladesh court jails top rights activists for two years

Bangladesh court jails top rights activists for two years

The Hindu
Thursday, September 14, 2023 5:11 PM GMT

Two human rights activists, Adilur Rahman Khan and Nasiruddin Elan, were sentenced to two years in jail in Dhaka, Bangladesh for publishing and circulating false information, hurting religious sentiments and undermining the image of the state. The UN voiced alarm at the use of legal proceedings to intimidate and harass rights advocates and civil society leaders.

A Bangladesh court on Thursday sentenced two leading human rights activists to two years each in jail, after a trial critics say is part of a government crackdown ahead of elections.

Adilur Rahman Khan, 63, and Nasiruddin Elan, 57, have led the Odhikar organisation for decades, working to document thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances of opposition activists, and police brutalities.

They "were sentenced to two years in prison", Judge Zulfiker Hayat told the court.

The criminal charges against Khan and Elan related to a fact-finding report they compiled 10 years ago on extrajudicial killings.

"They were sentenced to two years in jail for publishing and circulating false information, hurting religious sentiments and undermining the image of the state," prosecutor Nazrul Islam Shamim told AFP.

Both men were in the court in Dhaka for their sentencing, as well as several foreign diplomats.

As police took them from the court to Dhaka Central Jail, Khan was seen thrusting his clenched fist in defiance from the door of a security van.

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