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Bangladesh: International community must respond to the crackdown on freedom of expression Format The Bangladeshi authorities must end their escalating crackdown on human rights, and respect and protect people's rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Bangladesh to curb protesters demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed's death in prison on 25 February, the nine undersigned human rights organizations said in a joint statement today. Ahmed, 53, was a Bangladeshi writer held in pre-trial arbitrary detention for nine months under the draconian Digital Security Act of 2018 ("D...

March 5, 2021 The Bangladeshi authorities must end their escalating crackdown on human rights, and respect and protect people’s rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in Bangladesh to curb protesters demanding justice for writer Mushtaq Ahmed’s death in prison on 25 February, the nine undersigned human rights organizations said in a joint statement today. Ahmed, 53, was a Bangladeshi writer held in pre-trial arbitrary detention for nine months under the draconian Digital Security Act of 2018 (“DSA”), following his arrest in May 2020 for Facebook posts and social media c...

The second edition of the Stars4Media exchange and coaching programme is now open to young European media professionals

Online film screening begins at Goethe Institut on Friday UNB 23rd January, 2021 06:58:35 An online film screening event titled ‘Berlinale Spotlight World Cinema Fund’ will begin at Goethe-Institut in the capital on Friday. World Cinema Fund (WCF) initiated the film screening series in South Asia (India, Paistan, Srilanka and Bangladesh), said a press release on Saturday. The online series will showcase outstanding international productions in the next four months. In addition to the sessions, each screening will be followed by a live QA Talk with the filmmakers moderated by award-winnin...

Deadline for application: 31 January 2021 - 23: 59 Central European Time (CET/CEST) Date of entry on duty: 1 February 2021 Background The OSCE Mission to Montenegro is seeking for highly qualified, motivated and experienced national candidates for the short-term position of Project Assistant (G5) at the Media Programme. Under the guidance of the Media Programme Manager the short-term incumbent will assist in the development and implementation of projects and activities, and provide administrative support to the Media Programme. The short-term appointment is requested for the maximum period of...