Digital Security Act traps politicians and journalists: Study reveals shocking findings

News reports, court documents, lawyers, victims and relatives of victims were used as source material. These findings were presented at a webinar 'The Ordeal: Five Years of the Digital Security Act 2018-2023', organized by the Center for Governance Studies, a non-governmental research organisation, on Tuesday. In view of the criticism, the government “amended” the Digital […]

Threats to press freedom in Bangladesh: Impact on journalism and investigative reporting.

The Digital Security Act was then abolished and the Cyber ​​Security Act was enacted in its place, with some reduced sentences and changes here and there, although basically most of the repressive sections of the two older laws were retained, Sometimes with changes in words. In case of ‘offences’ like defamation, instead of jail sentence, […]

Bangladesh government report: Parliamentary elections in 2018 ensured human rights

In the report, the government has mentioned the amendments brought in the Constituency Delimitation Act-2021, Election Commission Appointment Act-2022 and Parliament Election (EVM) Guidelines-2018, Rules of Conduct of Political Parties and Candidates-2008 and Rules of Conduct. of political parties and candidates to strengthen the electoral system. The government has claimed that the Election Commission Appointment […]

Khadijatul Kubra: Amnesty International calls for release of university student

The case was registered under the DSA for attempting to ‘disrupt law and order’ and ‘defaming’ the Prime Minister, among other charges. Since then, Khadijah’s bail pleas have been rejected several times and Khadijah was transferred to a ‘scandalous cell’ earlier this year, according to family and media reports, despite reportedly developing medical problems including […]