His remarks, amidst calls for the annulment of the provision from different quarters including journalists, came on Wednesday in parliament. But the information minister said a ‘very small number’ of journalists have been arrested under Section 57 across the country. This law is exercised only if something wrong happens.”He added that the law targeted prevention of misuse of information technology and mass media. He pointed out that people arrested under Section 57 had secured bail from the High Court. All those arrested under this law have been granted bail.”Inu also said he did not think Section 57 was violating human rights.

Source: bd News24 July 12, 2017 20:15 UTC