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Journalist and cartoonist arrested in Bangladesh for COVID-19 coverage

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Police arrested cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, writer and blogger Mushtaq Ahmed, and charged 9 others for reporting about COVID-19. The others were not arrested as they are out of the country. All of them face life imprisonment under the draconion Digitial Security Act

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