Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Help Release 81-Year-Old Journalist Detained Without Charge (Bangladesh: UA 120/16)


Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist arrested on 16 April, is still detained without charge in Dhaka Central Jail more than four months after his arrest. He now has access to his family and legal team but concerns remain that he is not being granted adequate medical care. His appeal hearing will take place on 30 August.




August 24, 2016



 



Shafik Rehman, an 81-year-old Bangladeshi journalist arrested on 16 April, is still detained without charge in Dhaka Central Jail more than four months after his arrest. He now has access to his family and legal team but concerns remain that he is not being granted adequate medical care. His appeal hearing will take place on 30 August.


 


Shafik Rehman is a well-respected journalist who is currently the editor of the monthly Mouchake Dhil magazine.


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