press freedom in bangladesh
Flowery rhetoric on CSA cannot redeem it
High Court judge’s comments a wake-up call for CSA proponents
End impunity for killing journalists
Bangladesh authorities must protect journalists, expedite trial of all murder cases
When will those 48 hours end?
Our legal system has failed Sagar-Runi’s families
Could Nadim’s life have been saved?
Stop normalising threats faced by journalists in Bangladesh
Why Press Council is failing to protect press freedom
Media plurality, though essential in all democracies, has sadly become a tool for drowning out independent and critical voices.
Don’t criminalise free thought
Withdraw suspension order for Salina Shelley, repeal DSA
Heed UN’s call for moratorium on DSA use
A law used only to punish critics has no place in democracy
This lawfare against the press must stop
Prothom Alo incident exposes a deeply upsetting approach to press freedom
No reason for a black law to exist
We support the call of UN rights chief in this regard
A Law That Only Hurts
CGS research on DSA cases reveals an alarming picture of legal harassment
A chilling message for journalists
Murder of Brahmanbaria reporter a reminder that press freedom remains under threat
Journalism is under threat, now more than ever
Repressive governments are targeting journalists worldwide
We must defend investigative journalism
High Court’s verdict a clarion call to government
Media in Bangladesh free to criticise my government: PM Hasina
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh's media has the freedom to say whatever they wish and added that the number of media houses have grown during her tenure.
UN Rights Commissioner thinks no press freedom in Bangladesh, Momen disagrees
UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet today discussed various aspects of human rights in Bangladesh including extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, shrinking of media freedom and civil society. She also opined that there is no press freedom in Bangladesh.
Don't let technicalities get in the way of free press
The government should empower newspapers, not clip their wings
Journalism under siege on digital front
Journalism in Bangladesh is under siege on the digital front, beginning from surveillance to draconian laws.
Bangladeshi journalists face violence from police, political activists, militants: RSF
The annual report of the global media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders (also known as Reporters Sans Frontières), which was published yesterday (May 3, 2022), has commended “a certain editorial independence” maintained by The Daily Star and Prothom Alo.
Requesting the SC to recall its ‘request’
The reason we say that this “request” couldn’t have come from our Supreme Court judges is that the implication of the “request” is nothing short of death for court reporting. It will lead to shrouding of the judicial process and whatever goes on in the courts into the darkness of night forever depriving it of the “light” of public scrutiny.
