A 35-year-old Bangladeshi man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for circulating photoshopped images of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and other politicians including former Indian premier Manmohan Singh, amid criticism that her government is using tough internet laws to silence dissent. AdvertisingMonir Hossain from Tangail was jailed by Bangladesh Cyber Tribunal judge Mohammad As-Shams Joglul Hossain on Wednesday. He had sent doctored images of Hasina, late president Zillur Rahman and former Indian premier Singh to mobile phones of users in 2013, said the verdict. Saturia Police arrested Alamgir after finding out that he was showing around the vulgur ‘photoshopped images’ on his phone. Some the recent strengthening of defamation laws with a new Digital Security Act (DSA) has spread a climate of fear.

Source: bd News24 January 10, 2019 09:02 UTC