Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job
Mahin Khan resides in England and is an avid follower of British and Bangladeshi politics.
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Published in: openSecurityThe murder of Avijit Roy: championing illiberal liberalsDespite rising political violence in Bangladesh, the west has reserved its outrage for the murder of a secular...
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Published in: openSecurityWomen in Bangladesh: silenced victims of state terrorInternational outrage focussed on Bangladesh’s labour violations remains indifferent to a concurrent reality: the...
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Published in: openSecurityIs Bangladesh spiralling out of control?The massacre of Hefazat protesters in Dhaka by Bangladeshi security forces, followed by the government’s initial...
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Published in: openSecurityFree speech and Bangladesh's growing climate of fear
The latest conviction and death sentence handed down by the ICT has already sparked further protests. As the...
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Published in: openSecurityLaws of passion: the Shahbag protests
The second verdict handed down by Bangladesh's war crimes tribunal is life imprisonment. Now a death sentence is...
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Published in: openSecurityFrom transitional justice mechanism to monumental revenge: the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal sinks to new lows
The Bangladeshi International War Crimes Tribunal quickly became a stage for political interference and...