Digital Security Act 2018 passed

OHCHR echoes our concerns about the DSA

A look at “OHCHR Technical Note to the Government of Bangladesh on review of the Digital Security Act,” will make one wonder how punishments for the same offence can vary so much depending on the law an accused is charged under.

‘Digital Security Act 2018 passed to curb cybercrimes, not to gag media voice’

Law Minister Anisul Huq categorically says the government has enacted the Digital Security Act 2018 in a bid to curb cybercrimes, not to gag voices of the mass media.

April 7, 2023
April 7, 2023

OHCHR echoes our concerns about the DSA

A look at “OHCHR Technical Note to the Government of Bangladesh on review of the Digital Security Act,” will make one wonder how punishments for the same offence can vary so much depending on the law an accused is charged under.

July 29, 2019
July 29, 2019

‘Digital Security Act 2018 passed to curb cybercrimes, not to gag media voice’

Law Minister Anisul Huq categorically says the government has enacted the Digital Security Act 2018 in a bid to curb cybercrimes, not to gag voices of the mass media.