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Dhaka
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Mohammad Ali Arafat
A former state minister and Awami League central figure involved in public messaging on press freedom, disinformation, and media policy.
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- Public identity
- Former State Minister for Information and Broadcasting
- Era
- 2023-2024
- Main area
- Dhaka
- Organizations
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Bangladesh Awami League
Aliases: Mohammad A Arafat
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Why this person is listed
Included because public reporting identifies him as state minister and a key Awami League communications figure.
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Reported themes: political communications, media messaging, disinformation policy, press-freedom debate.
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The public-interest value is understanding how power in state institutions, policing, media, urban governance, or finance is discussed in records.
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Reporting covers his appointment, Awami League central role, media-policy priorities, disinformation comments, and defense of the Cyber Security Act framework.
Next steps should model each claim, case, court order, response, or correction as a separate structured record.
Important incidents
Human rights abuse · 2024-07-01 2024-08-15
July-August 2024 Bangladesh uprising and crackdown
OHCHR, BSS, and international media have reported on the 2024 student-led protests, violent repression, deaths and injuries, government fall, and subsequent ICT proceedings.
The OHCHR report estimates, based on credible sources, that as many as 1,400 people may have been killed and thousands injured between July 1 and August 15, 2024; these numbers should be displayed as source-based estimates.
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The public profile and related sources identify a party or political connection to the Awami League; this is not a finding of criminal responsibility.
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Life, power and events timeline
Structured sources
ICT frames charges against Sheikh Hasina for July-Aug mass killing
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Jul 2025
State news report that ICT-1 framed charges against Sheikh Hasina and two others in a crimes-against-humanity case and noted the rejection of a discharge plea.
Full text of ICT judgment sentencing Hasina to death released
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 26 Nov 2025
State news report on release of the ICT-1 judgment text after the tribunal convicted and sentenced Sheikh Hasina and Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal in the July Mass Uprising case.
Human Rights Violations and Abuses related to the Protests of July and August 2024 in Bangladesh
ReviewedOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights · 12 Feb 2025
UN fact-finding report on protest-related human rights violations between July 1 and August 15, 2024, including findings about former-government policy and security-force conduct.
Hasina sentenced to death for crackdown on Bangladesh uprising
ReviewedAssociated Press · 17 Nov 2025
Wire report on the ICT verdict, including Hasina's response denying wrongdoing and calling the verdict biased and politically motivated.
Arafat appointed information and broadcasting state minister
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 11 Jan 2024
Public report on Mohammad Ali Arafat's appointment and Awami League communications and foreign-relations role.
There's a huge difference between DSA and CSA
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 3 Feb 2024
Public interview on press freedom, rumours, disinformation, the Cyber Security Act, and ministry priorities.
Tribunal sets Feb 9 for probe report in case against Quader, 44 others
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 8 Dec 2025
BSS report on an ICT case against 45 accused including Obaidul Quader and Anisul Huq, listing 17 arrested accused produced before the tribunal.
Hasina, Kamal ordered shooting of July protesters
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 2 Sep 2025
Report on former IGP Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun's ICT testimony naming political and security figures in alleged July-uprising crackdown decision-making.
84 accused behind bars in 30 miss cases of July uprising crimes
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 10 Aug 2025
BSS reported that 84 of 209 accused in 30 miscellaneous July Uprising crimes-against-humanity cases were in custody, and named former ministers, advisers, a former secretary, retired Justice AHM Shamsuddin Chowdhury Manik, and dismissed Major General Ziaul Ahsan among people facing charges.
Tribunal indicts Quader, 6 others over crimes against humanity
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 22 Jan 2026
Report that ICT-2 framed charges against seven accused including Obaidul Quader, Saddam Hossain, and Wali Asif Inan.
ICT indicts Shamim Osman, 11 others in July crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 13 May 2026
BSS report that ICT-1 framed charges against Shamim Osman and 11 others, including Ayan Osman and Tanvir Ahmed Titu, over alleged atrocities in Narayanganj during the July Mass Uprising.
Shamim Osman's son shot protester beside me, witness tells tribunal
ReviewedThe Business Standard · 28 Jul 2026
Report on prosecution witness testimony at ICT-1 alleging Ayon Osman shot a protester and describing an attack allegedly involving Shamim Osman and associates. The testimony is not treated as a final court finding.
Crime against humanity: ICT accepts charges against ex-DMP chief Habibur, 4 others
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 10 Aug 2025
The Daily Star reported that the ICT accepted charges against five former police officials over the Rampura July Uprising incident, naming Rashedul Islam, Mashiur Rahman, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar alongside former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman.
July killings: Charges pressed against eight cops at ICT
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 26 May 2025
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 took cognisance of charges against eight police officials over the Chankharpul killings, naming Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, Sha Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam, Mohammad Imrul, and Arshad Hossain among the accused.
Chankharpul killings: Ex-DMP chief Habibur, two others to die
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 27 Jan 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 sentenced former DMP commissioner Habibur Rahman, Sudip Kumar Chakraborty, and Shah Alam Mohammad Akhtarul Islam to death, and sentenced Mohammad Imrul and Arshad Hossain to prison terms, over the Chankharpul killings.
July uprising: Ex-DMP chief, 2 others to die for Rampura killings
ReviewedThe Daily Star · 29 Jun 2026
The Daily Star reported that ICT-1 convicted five former police officers over Rampura shootings and killings, sentencing Habibur Rahman, Md Rashedul Islam, and Md Mashiur Rahman to death, Tarikul Islam Bhuiyan to life imprisonment, and Chanchal Chandra Sarkar to 20 years.
ICT indicts four in Rampura crimes against humanity case
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 24 Dec 2025
BSS reported that ICT-1 framed charges against former BGB officials Mohammad Redwanul Islam and Md Rafat Bin Alam, former DMP ADC Md Rashedul Islam, and former Rampura OC Md Moshiur Rahman over the killing of 28 people during the July Mass Uprising.
Ex-Addl SP sent to jail for pinpointing July protesters thru drones
ReviewedBangladesh Sangbad Sangstha · 29 Apr 2025
BSS reported that the ICT sent former additional superintendent of police Ishtiaq Ahmed to jail in a Chankharpul case and quoted a prosecutor alleging that a police digital-forensics team used drones to identify protesters and share information with law-enforcement agencies.