Freedom of expression in Bangladesh at stake: HRW

New York-based rights agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh in 2015, reports UNB.
“While extremist groups targeted secular bloggers and foreign aid workers, the government cracked down on media and civil society activists, launched contempt of court proceedings, or prosecuted them under vague and overbroad laws,” the agency said in a new report released yesterday.
In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, the group reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries.
In his introductory essay, HRW’s Executive Director Kenneth Roth writes that authoritarian governments throughout the world, fearful of peaceful dissent that is often magnified by social media, embarked on the most intense crackdown on independent groups in recent times.
Roth said several commuters were killed or injured during violence that erupted during some Bangladeshi opposition blockades of transport routes.

 

Freedom of expression in Bangladesh at stake: HRW

New York-based rights agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said freedom of expression came under severe attack in Bangladesh in 2015, reports UNB. While extremist groups targeted secular bloggers and foreign aid workers, the government cracked down on media and civil society activists, launched contempt of court proceedings, or prosecuted them under vague and overbroad laws, the agency said in a new report released yesterday. In the 659-page World Report 2016, its 26th edition, the group reviews human rights practices in more than 90 countries. In his introductory essay, HRWs Executive Director Kenneth Roth writes that authoritarian governments throughout the world, fearful of peaceful dissent that is often magnified by social media, embarked on the most intense crackdown on independent groups in recent times. Roth said several commuters were killed or injured during violence that erupted during some Bangladeshi opposition blockades of transport routes.