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| Senior Bangladesh editor Shafik Rehman is arrested | Senior Bangladesh editor Shafik Rehman is arrested |
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| Prominent Bangladeshi magazine editor Shafik Rehman has been arrested in Dhaka on suspicion of sedition, police and his family have said. | Prominent Bangladeshi magazine editor Shafik Rehman 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. | 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. | 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. | The editors of the leading Bengali and English newspapers have both recently been accused of similar crimes. |
| Mahfuz Anam, 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. | Mahfuz Anam, 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. |
| Freedom of press 'under threat' in Bangladesh | Freedom of press 'under threat' in Bangladesh |
| The prime minister's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, has claimed that the articles were an attempt by Mr Anam and the Daily Star to "support a military dictatorship in an attempt to remove my mother from politics". | The prime minister's son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, has claimed that the articles were an attempt by Mr Anam and the Daily Star to "support a military dictatorship in an attempt to remove my mother from politics". |
| Similar allegations are now being levelled against Mr Rehman, 81, who was arrested by plain-clothed policeman on Saturday morning. | Similar allegations are now being levelled against Mr Rehman, 81, who was arrested by plain-clothed policeman on Saturday morning. |
| He was at one time the speech writer for Khaleda Zia, the prime minister's arch-rival. | |
| "He has been arrested over sedition charges filed by police in Dhaka in August 2015," police spokesman Maruf Hossain Sorder told the AFP news agency. | "He has been arrested over sedition charges filed by police in Dhaka in August 2015," police spokesman Maruf Hossain Sorder told the AFP news agency. |
| Mr Rehman was the long-time editor of Jai Jai Din, a mass-circulation Bengali daily. He now edits a popular Bengali monthly magazine called Mouchake Dhil. | Mr Rehman was the long-time editor of Jai Jai Din, a mass-circulation Bengali daily. He now edits a popular Bengali monthly magazine called Mouchake Dhil. |
| In recent months Mr Rehman convened the international affairs committee of the BNP and headed a pro-opposition think-tank called G-9. | In recent months Mr Rehman convened the international affairs committee of the BNP and headed a pro-opposition think-tank called G-9. |
| BBC South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reported in February that both The Daily Star and its sister publication Prothom Alo - the most widely read Bengali newspaper in the country - are being subjected to a clandestine attempt to undermine their finances and stifle their operations. | BBC South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt reported in February that both The Daily Star and its sister publication Prothom Alo - the most widely read Bengali newspaper in the country - are being subjected to a clandestine attempt to undermine their finances and stifle their operations. |
| The latest media uncertainty comes amid growing concern about freedom of speech in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which in recent months has suffered a series of Islamist killings of secular bloggers and publishers. | The latest media uncertainty comes amid growing concern about freedom of speech in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, which in recent months has suffered a series of Islamist killings of secular bloggers and publishers. |