Bangladesh
Campaigns and Advocacy
26 January 2011
Journalists and media experts called for stronger legal protection for press freedom and internal statutes to ensure editorial independence.
29 September 2010
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
9 June 2010
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.
14 April 2010
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 The ban was revoked a week later after the gallery owner, who received death threats, appealed the decision in court.
16 December 2009
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
8 October 2009
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.
22 January 2009
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