Look at the young man in the picture above. That is 23-year old cartoonist Arifur Rahman. The military government of Bangladesh has found him such a threat to Islam that they have jailed him without charge and without any due process.
Read Zafa’s moving post (cross posted at E-Bangladesh) on the young man who, just a month before his arrest, received an award from the very government that has now taken his freedom away.
Arif is not a politician, nor is he a businessman, or a well-connected "civil society" type. He is a young cartoonist with a promising future. We demand that the military government of Bangladesh immediately and unconditionally release this young man. Each day this military government holds Arif hostage, it holds hostage the future of Bangladesh.
Release him now.
I ALSO WANT THE SAME.
WHEN WE WILL BE FREE FROM NASTY POLITICS WHICH SPREADED EVERYWHERE.
IS IT ARIF ONLY INVOLVED OR AT ALL INVOLVED?
WHERE IS EDITOR OR OTHERS WHO CAN NOT AVOID THE RESPONSIBILITY?
Khanna, do you have any proof of others being “involved”? What should the “editor or others” be responsible for? For publishing a cartoon?
If I understand your comment, you are suggesting Arif should be jailed until we are “free from nasty politics”? My friend, you have a peculiar understanding of the rule of law.
Does anyone know what happened to the poor 20 something year old who wrote this cartoon that offended some brainless idiots?
Is he free yet?
Anonymous, Arif is still in prison while the idiots roam free. The blog Dhaka Shohor has continuous updates on Arif’s status.