Bangladesh: Further information: Detained editor alleges torture

Index Number: ASA 13/007/2013
Date Published: 19 April 2013
Categories: Bangladesh

Detained Bangladeshi newspaper editor Mahmudur Rahman was hospitalised on 18 April 2013. His lawyers say he was tortured in police custody. Blogger Asif Mohiudeen, arrested on 3 April for allegedly posting blasphemous comments online, remains in detention and at risk of torture.