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Julian Assange’s imprisonment exposes US myths about freedom
| Updated at 12:00am on January 05, 2021
PERSECUTION is not typically doled out to those who recite mainstream pieties, or refrain from posing meaningful threats to those who wield institutional power, or...
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China slams US national security allegations
Agence France-Presse . Beijing | Updated at 12:18am on December 05, 2020
Beijing on Friday lashed out at a claim by the US intelligence chief that China is the ‘greatest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide’, calling...
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Young filmmakers should have freedom to choose subject
Tanzil Rahaman | Updated at 11:10pm on October 20, 2020
Renowned filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said that young filmmakers should have the freedom to choose content otherwise they will struggle to develop intellectual diversity. ‘When...
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6-pt demand turned demand for freedom: PM
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 01:05am on June 08, 2020
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday said the historic six-point demand declared by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was blossomed before the Bengalis as their demand of...
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Work, exercise restrictions ease in England
Agence France-Presse . London | Updated at 10:33pm on May 13, 2020
People living in England have more freedom to leave their homes from Wednesday and to go to work if necessary in the first stage of...
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Actions against journalists clear threat to press freedom: editors
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:40am on May 08, 2020
The Editors’ Council on Thursday said that they considered the recent cases against and arrest of journalists as a clear threat to freedom of press...
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Philippines forces top broadcaster off air
Agence France-Presse . Manila | Updated at 10:50pm on May 05, 2020
The Philippines’ top broadcaster ABS-CBN was forced off air Tuesday over a stalled operating licence renewal, drawing fresh charges that authorities were cracking down on...
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Bangladesh slides in press freedom index
Diplomatic Correspondent | Updated at 12:56am on April 24, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic may prepare the ground for further slide in press freedom across the globe as reporters around the world are facing repression, media...
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Shrinking space for freedom
by Monwarul Islam | Updated at 01:27am on March 26, 2020
WHEN the government acts against people, it becomes people’s duty, patriotic duty that is, to save democracy and the country from the government. The people,...
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Freedom, in the time of corona
by Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad | Updated at 01:25am on March 26, 2020
A society that lives in a perennial state of emergency cannot be a free society. We in fact live in a society that has sacrificed...