Freedom of expression in Bangladesh: While freedom of thought is an inalienable right guaranteed by our constitution and considered the fundamental factor that differentiates us humans from all other living beings, it is a right that cannot be taken for granted. As we have seen globally, as well as in our country, this right must be nurtured through many layers of society.
Literature in Bangladesh about the war is in the nature of memorials to 1971, a thread between the dead and the living, a reminder of the absent as having once been, a mark of the present, of rupture and continuity.
Buildings on either side on a stretch of Satmasjid Road between Jigatala and Shankar in the capital’s Dhanmondi are teeming with signs and hoardings of different sizes and colours, mainly in English.
Ensure justice for Mushtaq, abolish DSA
Demand 66 writers Star Report Star Report
Sixty-six writers of Bangladesh have issued a statement demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed, who died in jail custody, and the abolition of the Digital Security Act (DSA).
Stating that criticising the government is a citizen s right in any civilised country, they said that this law [DSA] is contradictory to the 39th amendment of Bangladesh s constitution and the Right to Information Act.
The DSA also goes against human rights, they added.
The government has to accept responsibility for the death of Mushtaq. The persons responsible for the death have to be identified through proper investigation and punished, they demanded.