In a letter to President Abdul Hamid, the human rights organization also urged immediate reinstatement of AKM Wahiduzzaman to his position. The letter said that the NU teacher was arrested and suspended from the university in 2013 for a Facebook post about Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her family. “Now, seven years later, the professor has been terminated from service on September 2, 2020. Such an action by a state institution demonstrates lack of transparency and accountability and would also deny AKM Wahiduzzaman his right to a fair trial,” Amnesty said. Currently in self-exile, Wahiduzzaman told Amnesty International that he has not received any letter from the university to defend himself in either his present or permanent address in Bangladesh.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 26, 2020 09:33 UTC