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Bangladesh

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Campaigns and Advocacy

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IPI event highlights threats to press freedom, calls for legislative and self-regulatory reforms

Journalists and media experts called for stronger legal protection for press freedom and internal statutes to ensure editorial independence.

ARTICLE 19 and Information Commission train public officials to provide information

ARTICLE 19 Bangladesh in collaboration with the Information Commission have conducted the first ever training for public officials responsible for providing information under the 2009 Right to Information Act.

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From the Communiqué

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Hundreds of police shut down pro-opposition newspaper

An opposition newspaper was forced to close in Bangladesh last week after the government cancelled its license to publish and sent 200 police to raid its printing press in the middle of the night, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and other IFEX members. The acting editor of the paper was arrested on fraud charges.

Photos of extrajudicial killings banned

Art can be a powerful medium for ideas and information, to challenge repression. A photo exhibit about extrajudicial executions in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was banned on 22 March, report Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and ARTICLE 19. The ban was revoked a week later after the gallery owner, who received death threats, appealed the decision in court.

Government fails to respect the role of journalists, says IPI mission

Bangladeshi authorities lack the political will to bring to justice killers of journalists says the International Press Institute (IPI) after a press freedom mission on 1 to 6 December in Bangladesh. Many of the 16 journalists killed since 1998 were covering corruption, says IPI.

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Reports

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ARTICLE 19 urges government to promote public engagement as key strategy to mitigate climate change

ARTICLE 19 calls on the government to promote more public engagement to fulfill its commitments to public disclosure and access to information as part of the UNFCCC.

World Report 2009: Bangladesh

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