Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shafiqul Islam Masud (2nd nomination)
Meets  'Political figures not elected to public office': "Leaders of registered political parties at the national or major sub-national (state, province, prefecture, etc.) level are usually considered notable regardless of that party's degree of electoral success". This man is a leader of a Bangladeshi political party, who was imprisoned under the country's Special Power Act for 3 years (contrary to a ruling of the country's Supreme Court prohibiting rearrest without another court hearing when an accused is released on bail, according to a US Department of State report https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2016/sca/265532.htm). He was arrested with others, but as the source headlines in the article indicate, he was often the only one named. While some of the sources included in the article are not independent, most are, eg the ''AsiaPost'' https://web.archive.org/web/20140910200514/http://www.asiapostbd.com/2014/09/03/jamaaat-leader-masud-placed-on-7-day-remand/, ''BD Chronicle'' http://www.bdchronicle.com/detail/news/32/9901, and ''BanglaNews24'' https://web.archive.org/web/20140910195536/http://banglanews24.com/en/fullnews/bn/97927.html. Some sources mentioned in a previous AfD had not been added to the article, eg the ''Wall Street Journal'' https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323949404578309891223910204, and ''The Guardian'' https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/23/protest-death-penalty-bangladesh. He was also arrested again this year http://www.unb.com.bd/category/politics/3-bnp-men-held-in-sherpur/721. He had not in fact stood for election until this year, when he is currently a candidate in an election to be held on 30 December 2018 (suspiciously close to the date of the AfD
— User:RebeccaGreen, 22:34, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:POLOUTCOMES (Wikipedia:Deletion policy)