With
just one court in the nation handling internet-related cases and reports of
women and girls committing suicide after being victimized by online crimes,
Bangladeshi authorities plan to establish six more cyber courts by April 2016.
Girls
and women in Bangladesh suffer heavily from cybercrimes with many being
victimized by inadvertently having their nude photos or images posted online,
officials and information technology experts say.
#Infosec #Bangladesh Have decided to increase the number of cyber courts due to the increasing number of #cybercrime cases - Home Minister.— YUSUPH KILEO (@YUSUPHKILEO) January 23, 2016
“We
have decided to increase the number of cyber courts to try the increasing
number of cybercrime cases. Hopefully, the proposed cyber courts will start
functioning in the next three months,” Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal
told BenarNews.
Cybercriminals
who target women by posting sexually explicit videos online can be prosecuted
under the country’s Pornographic Regulation Act of 2012 as well as the
Information and Communication Technology Act of 2006, Kamal said.