Senior Bangladesh editor ShafikRehman arrested in Dhaka

Prominent Bangladeshi magazine editor ShafikRehman has been arrested in Dhaka on suspicion of sedition, police and his family have said. Police say he is being held after the discovery of evidence linking him to a conspiracy to murder the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party, Khaleda Zia, […]

Prominent Bangladeshi magazine editor ShafikRehman has been arrested in Dhaka on suspicion of sedition, police and his family have said.
Police say he is being held after the discovery of evidence linking him to a conspiracy to murder the son of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist party, Khaleda Zia, demanded his unconditional release.
Mr Rehman is the third pro-opposition editor to be detained in recent months.
The editors of the leading Bengali and English newspapers have both recently been accused of similar crimes.
MahfuzAnam, editor of the respected English-language Daily Star newspaper, faces charges of treason for accusing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of corruption in 2007 when the country was run by a military government.