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Journalists in Bangladesh face criminalisation amid the pandemic while critics are silenced
- Published at
- 19.06.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- enforced disappearance
- attack on journalist
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- surveillance
News site blocked while critics and journalists arrested or attacked with impunity in Bangladesh
- Published at
- 19.02.2020
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- prevention of protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- non state actors
Bangladesh authorities suppressing critics and restricting freedoms in refugee camps
- Published at
- 18.09.2019
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- internet restriction
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- indigenous groups
- refugees and migrants
- harassment
- HRD detained
- HRD prosecuted
Persistent suppression of critics in Bangladesh following elections
- Published at
- 09.04.2019
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- labour rights
- protest
- censorship
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- women
- excessive force
Opposition under assault and news websites blocked ahead of Bangladeshi elections
- Published at
- 20.12.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- harassment
- censorship
- non state actors
- intimidation
Smear campaign against leading human rights group, as elections loom
- Published at
- 29.11.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest
- public vilification
- refugees and migrants
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- release of HRDs
- harassment
Repressive laws and tactics used to silence critics as Bangladesh elected to UN Human Rights body
- Published at
- 26.10.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- youth
- surveillance
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- political interference
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
Photojournalist Shahidul Alam still in jail and a hundred charged, a month after student protests
- Published at
- 10.09.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
Student wing of ruling party attacking activists, academics and journalists with impunity
- Published at
- 02.08.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained
- youth
- protest disruption
- attack on HRD
- intimidation
- harassment
- surveillance
- attack on journalist
- public vilification
- enforced disappearance
- non state actors
Students protesters attacked as ruling party cracks down on dissent
- Published at
- 19.04.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- indigenous groups
- attack on HRD
- excessive force
- funding restriction
- women
- youth
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- restrictive law
- protest
- protestor(s) detained
- non state actors
Passage of Digital Security Act could impose further restrictions on freedom of expression
- Published at
- 31.01.2018
- Country
- Bangladesh
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- self censorship
- censorship
- restrictive law
- internet restriction