All but one country in Americas criminalize defamation CPJ releases comparative study of criminal defamation laws in the Americas Lima, Peru, March 2, 2016-An alarming resurgence in the use of outdated criminal defamation provisions to target critical journalists across Latin America represents…
Tehran, Iran (CNN)Early election results in Iran indicate major support for reformists and supporters of President Hassan Rouhani, who signed last year’s landmark nuclear deal that limited the country’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Results for Tehran province,…
The number of third gender people in Bangladesh is around 10,000, according to the government.State Minister for Social Welfare Promode Mankin came up with the number in reply to a query in Parliament on Sunday.He said the government has taken…
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday called on prime minister Sheikh Hasina to stop “hounding Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam.” The France-based international organisation of reporters, originally named as Reporters Sans Frontiers, made the call in an article published on…
On Tuesday, the French National Assembly approved a three-month extension of the state of emergency that was originally declared during the horrific night of November 13 and renewed 12 days later.
National Human Rights Commission chairman has slammed the Editors’ Council and a group of citizens for their demand to withdraw cases against The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam.
Dave Lee Apple boss Tim Cook has hit back at the FBI over the handling of a court order to help unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook. Mr Cook told ABC his company first learned of…
A total of 3,568 chairman aspirants, including 738 of ruling Awami League and 668 of BNP, have filed their nomination papers in 738 Union Parishads (UPs) to contest the first phase of election slated for 22 March. According to statistics…
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based global rights body, has said Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading newspapers.
People of Chakma and other minorities have lamented the loss of their native language while paying tributes to the Bangla language martyrs at Central Shaheed Minar.
New York – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of the Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading newspapers, Human Rights Watch said today. Bangladesh should repeal its criminal defamation and sedition laws,…
Indian news organisation Firstpost on Friday said prime minister’s ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s remarks on his Facebook page opened the “floodgates for Awami League supporters to file defamation cases against The Daily Star editor to prove their loyalty to…
The British Broadcasting Corporation, UK-based media giant popularly known as BBC, on Thursday said the world should be worried by the “concerted attacks” on one of the leading newspaper editors in South Asia, Mahfuz Anam of Bangladesh’s Daily Star. As…
The High Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to disclose the income and expense statements of all political parties registered with it to citizens on requirement.
Apple computers is resisting a U.S. government order to unlock its encrypted iPhone software to help the FBI examine a phone used by the militants who killed 14 people in a terrorist-style attack in California in December. Apple’s chief executive…
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed serious concerns over a barrage of legal cases filed against The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam. It said the attempt to pursue coordinated legal proceedings against the editor was a clear attempt…
A Narayanganj court on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant against English-language newspaper The Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam in a defamation suit. Senior judicial magistrate Saiduzzaman Sharif passed the order after taking the case into cognisance. Public prosecutor Wazed Ali…
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairperson, Khaleda Zia, on Tuesday said showing Amar Desh editor Mahmudur Rahman arrested despite his bail granted by the High Court is tantamount to contempt of court. Voicing deep concerns over keeping the editor “in…
Dr. Habib Siddiqui At the Republican debate in New Hampshire, when Senator Ted Cruz was asked whether waterboarding is torture, he replied that it is not. “Under the law, torture is excruciating pain equivalent to losing organs and systems,” he…
Seventeen more cases were filed against the Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam in 17 districts across the country on Monday, bringing the number of cases against him to 35. The cases – either defamation or sedition – were filed for…
Berlin – Hostilities in eastern Ukraine have damaged or destroyed hundreds of schools, many of which were used by parties to the conflict for military purposes, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 65-page report, “Studying Under…
Dhaka–A sedition complaint has been filed against Mahfuz Anam, editor and publisher of English daily The Daily Star, for publishing corruption reports against Awami League president Sheikh Hasina,supplied by DGFI, without any verification.
The visiting delegation of the European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday met chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Mizanur Rahman and inquired about government steps in protecting bloggers or freethinkers. After the meeting, Rahman said the delegation members wanted…
Dhaka – The Jatiya Sangsad Sunday demanded trial of The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam and its Publisher Latifur Rahman for publishing misleading and fabricated news against Awami League President Sheikh Hasina and inviting an unconstitutional government during the 1/11…
,(Tunis) – A draft law to reduce penalties for drug use would stop short of fixing major human rights concerns in the current law. Tunisian authorities should revise the law to eliminate all prison sentences for recreational drug use or…
A United Nations panel which was considering a case by Julian Assange that he had been unlawfully detained by the UK and Sweden has ruled in his favour, the BBC has reported.The founder of Wikileaks — who has been living…
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said no one will be spared involved in Wednesday night’s incident in Godaraghat of Mirpur area where a tea seller caught fire from his kerosene stove.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will turn himself over to UK police on Friday if a UN panel rules he has not been unlawfully detained.He took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in west London in June 2012 to…
By Nile Bowie Myanmar is a country rapidly moving toward uncharted political terrain. By March 2016, the National League for Democracy (NLD) will take power for the first time in history, bringing an end to five decades of rule by…
By Samar “I always wanted to be a writer. A writer of science, like Carl Sagan. At last, this is the only letter I am getting to write.” Rohith Vemula, a young Dalit research scholar and student activist of the…