Bangladesh, Oct. 29 -- Célia Mercier, Head of the RSF South Asia Desk of the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of Bangladeshi journalist Monjurul Alam Panna, held arbitrarily since his arrest after participating in a roundtable discussion on 29 August. RSF also stated, “the spurious charges brought against him under Bangladeshs anti-terrorism law must be dropped”.

According to the statement, Monjurul Alam Panna, who runs the YouTube channel Manchitro, ended the evening in detention after being invited to speak as a journalist at a roundtable debate about Bangladeshs war of liberation and the constitution.

Organized by the civil society platform Mancha 71 – dedic...