freedom of expression

Can a new law balance cybersecurity and free expression?

The critical question of cyber safety is at the forefront.

World Press Freedom Day 2025 / Combating disinformation is key to restoring trust in journalism

Press freedom must be protected from the concerted disinformation patronised by some platforms and actors.

The anatomy of free speech

Beyond laws, society must cultivate both physical and digital spaces for inclusive, civil discourse among its citizens.

To protect free speech, get rid of oppressive laws like the CSA

Bangladesh must repeal the CSA to safeguard the rights of its citizens.

CSA clauses that threaten freedom of expression to be reconsidered: Nahid

The Cyber Security Act came into effect last year, replacing the controversial Digital Security Act

How to make dissenters out of citizens

Awami League has always found justification in the Nietzschean theory of cultivating or “inventing” enemies

Assange may be in the dock, but it is journalism that’s on trial

The case against him and WikiLeaks is much more important for what it might entail for press freedom itself.

January 6, 2023
January 6, 2023

Dwindling university autonomy in Bangladesh

Our recently published study has found several alarming factors contributing to declining academic freedom in the universities of Bangladesh.

December 9, 2022
December 9, 2022

On free speech and Milton’s 'Areopagitica'

Milton shows how the erroneous use of censorship laws have hindered progress even in the quest for scientific truth.

October 21, 2022
October 21, 2022

Will free media be harassed in the name of data protection?

DSA’s new curbs and OTT draft rules give the opening

September 17, 2022
September 17, 2022

‘Expatriate Diplomacy’ and ‘Mercenary Columnists’

Government decision to engage in expatriate diplomacy to tackle negative propaganda raises a lot of questions.

September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022

Right to Information in Bangladesh: Are we on the right track?

To obtain the full potentials of the law, we must go beyond such perfunctory rituals and focus more on strategies to go ahead.

September 15, 2022
September 15, 2022

Democracy facing an existential struggle

It is a matter of great misfortune, as well as of disappointment and uncertainty, that democracy in Bangladesh is practically absent now.

September 13, 2022
September 13, 2022

When the state defeats its people

The draconian Digital Security Act (DSA) strikes again, and most worryingly, in collusion with communal bigotry.

September 2, 2022
September 2, 2022

Citizens’ fundamental rights are not the executive’s choice

Can citizens be told that their rights are now available because the executive branch of the state is offering them as a gift?

August 25, 2022
August 25, 2022

Is the Press Council looking out for journalists' interests?

Will the amended Press Council Act further restrain free press?

August 12, 2022
August 12, 2022

‘Walkman Syndrome’ afflicts the AL and our government

Nothing but their own voices reaches them