Additionally, Prothom Alo won a silver medal in the Best Use of Video category for his investigative documentary “The Highway of Death: Jatrabari Killings”, based on the killings by law enforcement forces in Jatrabari, Dhaka during the mass insurgency in July. The announcement was made in a press release published on WAN-IFRA’s website today, Wednesday. […]
Jewel Rana, Additional Deputy Commissioner (Mohammadpur area) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, said that many people gathered in front of the residence to protest against the offensive comments made by the JAGPA chief about Prime Minister Tariq Rahman. The police dispersed them. At that time two protesters were talking to journalists near the residence. Rasheed Prodhan’s […]
In a democratic society the voice of dissent will not always be pleasant. In many cases, this may be extremely disturbing or contrary to majority ideology. But use of brute force or misuse of power to silence it is not appropriate. If, in the name of opposing fascism, another form of fascism arises, if a […]
In the report, the global rights organization rated countries on a 100-point scale and classified them into five categories – crisis (0-19), highly restricted (20-39), restricted (40-59), less restricted (60 -) 79), and open (80-100). The situation of Bangladesh's expression is quite serious, not only in the global perspective but also in South Asia. Neighboring […]
The country's media is facing diverse challenges as the space for media and civil society is shrinking due to the possibility of laws being deliberately used to abuse them. State organizations charged with ensuring accountability have become weak due to politicization. Speakers made these comments at a discussion meeting on 'World Press Freedom Day'. However, […]
The United States called on Monday for respect for freedom of assembly as Pakistani authorities warned they would ban protests by supporters of jailed Prime Minister Imran Khan following his bloc’s surprise election victory. Asked about Pakistani police’s use of the colonial-era law against public gatherings, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters, “We want […]
prothom hello , The case of seven murders came into limelight and the government took action. But some incidents do not come to light and then no action is taken. anisul haq: There have not been many incidents that have received this much attention and therefore have not made headlines. And when we started paying […]
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, […]
On behalf of those who canceled the permission, the Dean said that they have come to know that there will be contempt of the government and the state in the meeting. No democratic society can silence someone’s voice simply by assuming that something will be said, before it is actually said. If whatever has been […]
The participants in the procession sang three different songs, ‘Karar Oi Loho Kobat’, ‘E Shikol Pora Chola’ and ‘Durgomo Giri Kantar Moru’. He played drums, dotora (a musical instrument with two strings) and guitar to accompany the songs. Artist Farzana Wahid (Shayaan), artist Arup Rahi, journalist Mehboob Morshed, artist Amal Akash, poet Firdous Ara, organizer […]
In recent times, it was our youth who led the quota reform movement and the movement for safe roads. Yet now when more than 71 of those young people say they cannot express themselves freely, one can understand the depth of the crisis. In the survey, 74 percent of the youth expressed hope of being […]
Similarly, while not mentioning elections or enforced disappearances, Belgium’s representative called for repealing or revising laws restricting freedom of expression, the Cybersecurity Act and the law relating to foreign funding. America and Britain raised the issue of elections, but the Law Minister did not term all these as criticism in the press briefing. Chris Kucharski […]