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Bangladesh articles on Democracy Chronicles

​News about the struggle for better democracy in Bangladesh. ​​​According to Freedom House, the latest elections were "deemed free and fair by European Union observers and other monitoring groups but serious problems remain in the election system and in ensuring human rights". Also check out our section on World Democracy.

Bangladesh: Mass Arrests Over Cartoons, Posts

By DC Editors - May 8, 2020 Leave a Comment

Bangladesh: Mass Arrests Over Cartoons, Posts

Some critics of government’s response to COVID-19 in Bangladesh are facing the law over charges of spreading rumours and misinformation on facebook.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Journalism and Free Speech

Bangladesh: Internet Blackout on Rohingya Refugees

By DC Editors - September 16, 2019 Leave a Comment

Bangladesh: Internet Blackout on Rohingya Refugees

New telecommunications and internet restrictions on Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh will disrupt critical humanitarian and emergency services, HRW.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Democracy Charity, Internet and Democracy

China Model promotes ‘authoritarian modernism’ in East Asia?

By DC Editors - September 10, 2019 Leave a Comment

China Model promotes ‘authoritarian modernism’ in East Asia?

Democracy has regressed in much of Asia though there are notable exceptions like Malaysia and Taiwan. Post looks at role of China in these developments.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Dictatorships, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand

Human Rights Watch calls on Bangladesh to end Clampdown on Rohingya Refugees

By DC Editors - September 8, 2019 Leave a Comment

Bangladesh Should end Clampdown on Rohingya Refugees

The Bangladesh government should end clampdown on Rohingya refugees’ freedom of movement and access to the internet and online communications.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Internet and Democracy

Myanmar’s Rohingya have been homeless for two years now

By DC Editors - August 31, 2019 Leave a Comment

Myanmar's Rohingya have been homeless for two years now

Time stands still for more than 740,000 homeless Rohingya Muslims, who are still unable to return home two years after being driven out of northern Rakhine.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Burma, Dictatorships

Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh: Government in denial

By DC Editors - August 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

Enforced Disappearances in Bangladesh: Government in denial

People are increasingly disappearing into government custody in Bangladesh. Government authorities staunchly deny these allegations.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Dictatorships

Bangladesh Government Blocks News Website in Fresh Blow to Media

By DC Editors - May 23, 2019 Leave a Comment

Bangladesh Government Blocks News Website in Fresh Blow to Media

Authorities have blocked access to popular news portal in what critics condemned as the latest blow to freedom of expression in the South Asian nation.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Journalism and Free Speech

Rohingya in Bangladesh Receive Identity Documents for First Time

By DC Editors - May 21, 2019 Leave a Comment

Stateless Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh Receive Identity Documents for First Time

Bangladeshi authorities and U.N. refugee agency have registered more than a quarter million Rohingya refugees and presented them with identity documents.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Burma, Democracy Charity, United Nations

New Arrests in Bangladesh Over Social Media Posts

By DC Editors - May 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

New Arrests in Bangladesh Over Social Media Posts

Bangladesh authorities made a series of new arrests in their crackdown on the right to free speech, Human Rights Watch said today.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Journalism and Free Speech, Social Media and Democracy, Technology Dissidents

Bangladesh Stifles Free Expression, Despite Denials

By DC Editors - April 25, 2019 Leave a Comment

Bangladesh Stifles Free Expression, Despite Denials

In its annual press freedom index, Reporters Sans Frontières has dropped Bangladesh to 150th out of 180 countries – the lowest ranking it has ever received.

Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Asia, Bangladesh, Democracy Protests, India, Journalism and Free Speech, Political Dissidents

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