Councillor of 26 No. Ward of DSCC Hasibur Rahman Manik witnesses the spraying for mosquito killing medicine at Dhakeshwari Temple area in the city’s Lalbagh on Friday.

‘Dissenting voices trapped between fear repression’

Amnesty International News :The Bangladeshi government has not only failed to protect dissenting voices or hold accountable the armed groups that threaten them, it has also stifled freedom of expression through a slew of repressive tactics and new laws, according to a new Amnesty International report published today.The report, Caught between fear and repression: Attacks on freedom of expression in Bangladesh, documents how armed groups have thrived in a climate of impunity, carrying out a high-profile spate of killings of...

3 May 2017, 12:00 am