The critical question of cyber safety is at the forefront.
Press freedom must be protected from the concerted disinformation patronised by some platforms and actors.
Beyond laws, society must cultivate both physical and digital spaces for inclusive, civil discourse among its citizens.
Bangladesh must repeal the CSA to safeguard the rights of its citizens.
The Cyber Security Act came into effect last year, replacing the controversial Digital Security Act
Awami League has always found justification in the Nietzschean theory of cultivating or “inventing” enemies
Crimes against journalists do not happen in a vacuum.
The case against him and WikiLeaks is much more important for what it might entail for press freedom itself.
Is that how democracy works for us?
Detectives will submit charge sheet against five members of Ansarullah Bangla Team and several unknown persons in blogger Oyasiqur Rahman killing case.
A witness identifies one of the four suspects held in connection with blogger Niloy murder, confirming that he took part in the August 7 grisly killing at Goran neighbourhood in Dhaka, cops say.
Now the question is, can we say whatever we want on Facebook, Twitter or blogs? Some argue that comments made on social media should be ignored as they are people's very personal expressions. However, social media embody two spheres—a private sphere and a public sphere— simultaneously.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and European Union delegation to Bangladesh condemn the killing of Bangladeshi blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay Niloy.
United Nations’ experts on freedom of expression condemn the killing of Bangladesh blogger Niladri Chattopadhyay.
Leading authors, including Salman Rushdie and fellow Booker prize winners Margaret Atwood and Yann Martell, call on Bangladesh's government to put an end to a spate of deadly attacks on atheist bloggers.
Condemning recent killings of bloggers in Bangladesh, UN human rights experts warn that it is an alarming signal of deterioration of the space for freedom of expression.
The media is expanding which points to an increasing diversity and volume of information and visuals. Governments tend to equate rising flow of information with free flow of information. A line needs to be drawn there.
IN his speech on January 6, 1941, 22nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt said: “A world founded upon four essential freedoms. The first is freedom of speech and expression … everywhere in the world.
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein says he was deeply concerned at “measures that restrict freedom of expression and democratic space” in numerous countries including Bangladesh.
