This footage was filmed and produced 18 May 2021.

The arrest of a female Bangladeshi investigative reporter who wrote scathing stories on the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has triggered protests by hundreds of reporters. Rozina Islam, an investigative journalist for Prothom Alo newspaper, the country’s largest circulated newspaper, was detained late on Monday under the Official Secrets Act, police said.

The video shows journalist organizations, rights groups and political parties protesting against the arrest of investigative journalist Rozina Islam in Bangladesh under the colonial-era Official Secrets Act. Video footage was taken from different parts of Dhaka on Wednesday.