FREEDOM OF PRESS
Free pages, free lenses
There’s a reason why, in the land that we live on, 217 journalists have reportedly been harassed, tortured and repressed in the last nine months and why one even died.
Cuba slightly loosens controls on state media
Journalists in Cuba are recently experiencing more liberty in respect to broadcasting news which was limited to communist manifesto in the past ten years.
Khaleda calls upon press to unite for freedom
Alleging that oppression is prevailing upon the press in Bangladesh, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon journalists to unite for freedom.
250th anniversary of the first freedom of press and information law / Models of press freedom
Anders Chydenius, an enlightened thinker and politician of the Kingdom of Sweden, had struggled against secret and unaccountable government power...
WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY / Who says we're not free?
Last week, Freedom House, an independent watchdog organisation that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom...
Freedom of press not absolute at all times
The Supreme Court yesterday observed that the freedom of the press is not “absolute, unlimited and unfettered at all times and in all circumstances as would lead to disorder and anarchy”.
Opposition denied constitutional rights: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accuses the government of creating “democratic vacuum” in the country and said the opposition is being deprived of all constitutional and political rights.
Editorial / Expanding media
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.
LAW WATCH / Free the freedom
WHILE reading a book called 'Freedom is not free', by Shiv Khera, I find an undeniable truth that every generation needs to earn its own freedom. That means freedom is not free, in order to achieve freedom there should be some sacrifice.
Free pages, free lenses
There’s a reason why, in the land that we live on, 217 journalists have reportedly been harassed, tortured and repressed in the last nine months and why one even died.
Cuba slightly loosens controls on state media
Journalists in Cuba are recently experiencing more liberty in respect to broadcasting news which was limited to communist manifesto in the past ten years.
Khaleda calls upon press to unite for freedom
Alleging that oppression is prevailing upon the press in Bangladesh, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia calls upon journalists to unite for freedom.
Models of press freedom
Anders Chydenius, an enlightened thinker and politician of the Kingdom of Sweden, had struggled against secret and unaccountable government power...
Who says we're not free?
Last week, Freedom House, an independent watchdog organisation that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom...
Freedom of press not absolute at all times
The Supreme Court yesterday observed that the freedom of the press is not “absolute, unlimited and unfettered at all times and in all circumstances as would lead to disorder and anarchy”.
Opposition denied constitutional rights: Khaleda
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia accuses the government of creating “democratic vacuum” in the country and said the opposition is being deprived of all constitutional and political rights.
Expanding media
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.
Free the freedom
WHILE reading a book called 'Freedom is not free', by Shiv Khera, I find an undeniable truth that every generation needs to earn its own freedom. That means freedom is not free, in order to achieve freedom there should be some sacrifice.