Bangladeshi Online Activist Fears for Life, Remains in Hiding

লিখেছেন লিখেছেন নুর হুসাইন ২২ আগস্ট, ২০১৮, ০৭:০৫:৩৪ সন্ধ্যা

A prominent social media activist and blogger in Bangladesh has been in hiding for the past two weeks, saying he fears for his life after the country’s intelligence agency summoned him to “discuss certain issues.”Pinaki Bhattacharya, a known government critic, says he got a call from the Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) soon after a week-long rally of students demanding improved road safety ended in Dhaka and the government began rounding up many on charges of inciting violence during the mass protests.The 51-year-old activist, who has over 153,000 Facebook followers, told VOA from an unidentified hideout that "pro-ruling party goons violently attacked the protesting students. They also attacked the journalists who were covering the protests. I think the government is angry with me because my Facebook and Twitter posts covered those attacks and revealed the political identity of the attackers.”“Some men claiming that they were from the DGFI came to my home and office in search of me," he said. "I know many picked up by security agents in such way in the past, disappeared without trace. I am very scared.”Bhattacharya, who is a medical doctor, is well-known in Bangladesh for his online activism.

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