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Ashraful Hussain

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Hussain is one of the “Miya” (Bengali-language Muslim) poets charged in July 2019 after the online publication of a poem by Hafiz Ahmed that authorities claimed promoted sectarian enmity in the state of Assam. On July 17, 2019, all ten poets were granted anticipatory bail. He is currently a MLA (member of legislative assembly) in Assam from 2021. On February 9, 2023, a case was filed against him on charges of kidnapping and assaulting a girl, which he denies.