ICT ACT
Sec 57 not contrary to HR: Inu
UNB
Amid concern and criticisms over section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act, Information Minister Hasanul Haque Inu yesterday said the section is not contrary to human rights and the constitution, reports UNB.
Those who raised questions about section 57 of ICT Act didnt say anything about its ambiguousness, the minister told a press briefing at the PID conference room in the capital.
He said work for enacting a new law to prevent cyber crimes is going on and a decision will be taken over its sections when the law will be enacted.
Speaking about the protests by some ruling party leaders and an MP over the killings of the party men in recent incidents of crossfire, Inu said, Therere over 300 MPs and over 1,000 leaders and activists of Awami League across the country. Among them, one MP might react to it and it is quite natural but the extrajudicial killing is not the formula of the Awami League-led grand alliance government, he said.
Talking about Khaleda Zias recent call to the government to open the closed door of besieged democracy, the minister said the door of democracy is open and it is not confined. Actually, the militants are confined here. The door of democracy did not allow war crimes criminals, militants, fire-terrorists and killers and it will never allow those to enter either, he said.
