March 21, 2008
Bangladesh Releases Arifur Rahman
According to a rush of
wire reports buttressed by
local articles, the young cartoonist Arifur Rahman was released at 7:30 PM local time on Wednesday after his release was ordered by a court in the Bangladeshi capital city of Dhaka.
Rahman was detained in September after he published a cartoon in the
Prothom Alo magazine
Alpin of
a joke that depended on some word play using the name Muhammed. Rahman was originally detained not for the cartoons but under a provision of law that allows authorities to place individuals in jail if they feel putting them behind bars can mitigate public disturbances. The fact that Rahman remained in jail and there began to be pressure the charge the cartoonist alarmed several human rights and press rights organizations.
Oddly, one of the reasons the release was won is because the accusing officers kept not showing up in court.
posted 8:15 am PST |
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