Government officials responded by blocking critical websites and making arrests, of bloggers and leaders from the religious right, at the height of #shahbag protests in 2013.
Kufuatia tuhuma hizi kwa wanablogu hawa, Serikali iliamuru kufungwa kwa tovuti makini na kukamatwa kwa wanablogu pamoja na viongozi kwa kutumia sheria ya dini wakati ambapo maandamano ya #shahbag ya 2013 yalipokuwa wameshika hatamu.