Bangladesh journalists face threats from attacks, investigations, and looming cyber laws - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Bangladesh journalists face threats from attacks, investigations, and looming cyber laws - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, February 14, 2025— Six months after a mass uprising ousted the increasingly autocratic administration of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladeshi journalists continue to be threatened and attacked for their work, along with facing new fears that planned legislation could undermine press freedom Bangladesh’s interim government — established amid high hopes of political and economic reform— has drawn criticism from journalists an…

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Journalism in conflict zones has become one of the most dangerous professions in the world. Reporting from territories at war exposes reporters to armed attacks, direct threats, censorship, espionage and arbitrary detention. According to the latest report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), in 2024 more than 145 journalists have been killed in Gaza alone, while hundreds have been arbitrarily detained, imprisoned or forced into exile.