Bangladesh’s legal system includes laws that have been weaponised against those who dare to express political dissent against the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina – or anyone who questions basic tenets of Islam – the religion of nearly 90% of Bangladeshis.
One of those laws, the Digital Security Act, has only been on the books for four years – but more than 1,500 people have been charged under it.
The DSA is written in a way that is tailor-made for abuse. Politicians have been jailed, writers have died in prison awaiting trial – and governmental promises to reform the law have come to nothing.
The Listening Post’s Meenakshi Ravi on Bangladesh’s Digital Security Act and the toxic effect it has on journalism and politics there.
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It’s a organise crime occurred by Government of Bangladesh.
Our country name should be change to north Korea
Fake News. It is nothing but a scam!🥴
Digital security act was made to insure real news availability. By spreading fake news (গুজব), one group of people (বিএনপি-জামায়াত) took chance to make Bangladesh failure. To stop this, it needs.
Digital security act is only for torturing who raise voices against government illegal things…Hey world please save our country from this Sheikh Dynasty
Sheikh Hasina is a killer, only Allah (SWT) can save us.
Please pray for us.
Thanks to Al-Jazeera for telling the truth.
I am from Bangladesh.
I just think 100 times before make a fb post. There is no freedom. All of us made confined under this DSA act.
Thank you Aljazeera
Thanks 🙏 🙂
We need an elected government. We want to choose our political representatives.
This isn’t good. This is bad for the country with such poor criminal law. It’s not suited for modern digital world of this social media age.
Hasina is slowly becoming desperate to hold onto power as long with such law being made. Power makes people go crazy in the end!
Ty, BD is so messed up I am confirming that. It is not a democratic country
Bangladesh is under the claws of fascists.
what is the different Between North Korea and Bangladesh? I think both government are same.
I pray that Hasina get what she deserves in the day of judgement and whoever followed her blindly and remained silent and whoever were behind her action and worked for her face the same. May Allah punish these people in this life and hereafter
thank you al Jazeera, we Bangladeshi are live in 2nd North Korea
BNP funded channel…
This report is totally real and it’s happening here in Bangladesh. Believe me am commenting here with lots fear because I may arrest for this comment!!!
Even.. Unconsciously I hade to think multiple time to put a comment here.
That’s the current condition of my freedom!
Yes….. everything happening there
Heat heat you live heat economy world no never no Raju heat heat facebook live heat heat tike toke no Raju no world economy heat heat kanun lover economy azadi economy world heat heat live heat no Raju heat heat ottacar mader or mader drugs madhok neijation big project reachort big big dollar big black money big big mobile industrice chindiecate big big mobile out .big big mobile ide number big big mobile black money mobile heat heat live heat heat 2022 caurefull chindiecate mobile ide number close big big mobile chindiecate big money out and close .no never no never no only no Raju no world no economy world no never no heat heat kanun economy world economy azadi economy .no never no world economy big big project reachort no Raju big dollar industrice big big commpaine big bank commpaine industrice no never no Raju heat heat ottacar mader neijation mader fire mader .heat heat live heat heat Raju live heat heat no never no Raju no new big project reachort big budgets no Raju no .economy world economy kanun economy azadi world economy no no only no never no Raju heat heat live heat .
Seikh Hasina is a serial killer.
Correct news..
I am a student of College live in Bangladesh … I just want to say there is no freedom of speech in Bangladesh 🤐
There were so many islamist extremist in bangladesh. Most of the Muslim are very extremist and driven by the speaker like mizanur Rahman azhari, abbasi etc.
Digital security act is to stop them. And you guys al-jazerra also made this report for money given by terrorist grouo zamat-e-islami.
Shaikh Mujibor Rahaman wasn’t the founder of Bangladesh. The independence of Bangladesh was a matter of consequence. Even after doing this comment I could be in jail tomorrow. This is f@%king DSA and Bangladesh is not a independent country anymore, it’s became a hostage to a family.
Situation of Bangladesh is very critical naw,,,,, no human rights, no Justice, nothing,,,, you found every where corrupted politicians here….
allah
100%✓ Right 👍
Al Jazeera and its terrorism supporting ‘news’ needs to f off
True 😊 news
thanks al jazeera for true report
go back HASINA 🇧🇩
I am in favor of the report as a Bangladeshi. It is not possible for us to make any complaint against the government. Although it is called a democratic state but in our election the government was elected without any vote.
We want our right to vote. Desperate appeal to the world.
Hasina has an affair with modi.and she wants to make Bangladesh a Hindutva country like India. Hasina’s grandmother was Hindu.
aljajira is a truthful news channel in the world, there’s all news is informative,& believefull.
Thanks to Islam
Everyone in the world knows these are the true events of Bangladesh
Fundamental human rights are flatly denied by DSA. It has given free hand to religious and political fanatics to oppress targeted people.
Autocracy in Bangladesh by Hasina, an illegal pm
Even I sawd an article About Facebook status Where they wrote you can’t wrote “Today i didn’t feel good”… That wasn’t troll, this is how freedom of speech work in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh you cant criticize the government and Bangladesh is the closest country to north Korean
Its too less that you show in this video.
Soon, It will be 2nd north korea
I’m a Bangladeshi & we are really suffering under this govt 🤧🤧
Thanks to Al Jazeera.
Think Al jazeera
Motherchod aljajira fake propaganda
Please Don’t spread propaganda. Bangladesh have 100% freedom of speech. Its a free country. I am from Dhaka, capital of Bangladesh.
the ruling government is doing everything arbitrarily, people are utterly helpless here..
I am afraid to write something here.
Really truth I believe it
You bring bullshit in your valuable time!
Bangladesh is leading a dictatorship nation by hasina with the “husband country” of Bangladesh…..
This post 100% TRUE
Right now position.. 😢😢😢
There are number of mejor people in our country not happy to this illogical government. Every people want to give their vote to right person …
We are very ammbeerage from Augamileg!
Im not comments anymore our government… Bcz i Don’t want be disappears…i Don’t want lose my life
Al Jazeera always reveal the news… What Bangladeshi peoples mind want to say… But can’t bcz they scared lose thier beautiful life
As long as the oppressor is loyal to the US and India they have no risk of losing the Power
Bangladesh is doomed under Sheikh Hasina .. The Fascist Government keep silencing everyone who speak out against them !!!
Good luck you foreign Media!
Thanks for promoting the reality.
Thank god Al-Jazeera is in QATAR..
Awami govt theft our Vote on 30th December, 2018 election and killed Democracy
Aljazeera how about oppression in Qatar? When are you going to show that?
No Independence in Bangladesh 😭
🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩
No doubt,we Bangladeshis love Al-jazeera much more than our Bangla news channels.
Keep standing by us, keep spreading the truths. Zajakallah
Thanks for representing the truth.
Lady, why you are not talking to your government to stop these nonsense
and they are the root of all evils to hatch the dirty eggs in another country ?
To suppress the people of another country and some financial benefit they
are doing what not ! Shame on them those low class people !
Propaganda news 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕
I agree with this news report
Prime minister of Bangladesh ‘Shekh Hasina’ is Very bad man and criminal man
Thanks Al – Jazeera.❤️❤️❤️
Digital law creates by hasina wazid fascist with help from India and her sister rehena sheikh living in England hampstead and her necies tulip siddek hasina wazid fascist dictator like hitler
Tulip siddek is mp of hampstead for Labour Party she should ve investigate of human abuse in Bangladesh helping her auntie hasina wazid fascist
I’m Bangladeshi. Bangladesh is a prison. There don’t have any right to talk.
Thanks a million to Al Jazeera for publishing this precious news. Indeed, in Bangladesh, you can’t express your constructive criticism let alone destructive one, as a citizen of this country .
Besides you won’t get any right to write , create people’s awareness against the injustice and illogical laws created by Shaykh Hasina government.
Think, how worst situation are passing..!
I may be get arrested by the insane dictator , Hasina , for this comment.
My friend was arrested for just a Facebook post,, without any prove he still now punished,
Plzz save Bangladesh, save us😭😭😭😭😭😭
Yes
There is no democracy… Our political situation now are like North Korea
The present situation of Bangladesh is very dangerous,,, the government act like as the beast government,, to opposite party and genaral people who tell anything against present government,, help us
We are suffering under the corruption of Bangladeshi some leaders & Bureaucrats
Many had been killed in the jail please show them and now a day you can’t post a Status whether you mood is off
The government Don’t want the people to know the truth or speak about it. Why Don’t you made a report about the 2018 election that was the most undemocratic and evil election in the history of Bangladesh more over the corruption in the maga project and government bank you should speak about it also
100% correct investigation. Me as a bangladeshi citizen we are facing it in our country. We don’t have freedom of speech. Don’t have nothing to say against govt corruption. If say something like that they will see you in the jail😁😁
নেই কোন ক্ষমতা নেই কোন শক্তি আল্লাহ ব্যতীত
Even we have to join awami league to get job.
thank you al Jazeera again and again
We all are victims of this.
Save us from the Oppressive seikh hasina, awamilig and studentlig . They destroyed our country democrats fully . We can’t vote . We can’t say anything about the rural . If anyone say anything bad about them they killed and arrested. The police army also helping them fully to do them crime. The people of Bangladesh ar not free .
We need our freedom.we need our right to say anything.
The Bangladesh is turn in to a jail.
thanks to Al zajeraa