"I am seriously concerned at the wave of arrests targeting journalists in Bangladesh, including cartoonist Ahmed Kabir Kishore, on the grounds of the Digital Security Law of 2018, which can be used to unduly restrict freedom of expression and the freedom of media.
Ahmed Kabir Kishore was arrested in early May 2020 and charged with spreading rumours and misinformation following the publication of a series of press cartoons criticising the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in his country.