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The Constitution guarantees press freedom and freedom of expression within "reasonable restriction", [1] though some media outlets have been harassed. [2] The Bangladeshi media's rank is dropped to 146 [3] in 2018 from its position of 144 in 2016 [4] out of total 180 countries on the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, with 1st being ...
South Korea is considered to have freedom of the press, but it is subject to several pressures. It has improved since South Korea transitioned to democracy in the late 20th century, but declined slightly in the 2010s. Freedom House Freedom of the Press has classified South Korean press as free from 2002 to 2010, and as partly free since 2011.
During the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's premiership, press freedom in Bangladesh was seriously disrupted on a number of occasions and some prominent journalists were detained for publishing news. In 1973, the government introduced The Printing Presses and Publications (Declaration and Registration) Act, 1973.
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
The British Indian press was legally protected by the set of laws such as Vernacular Press Act, Censorship of Press Act, 1799, Metcalfe Act and Indian Press Act, 1910, while the media outlets were regulated by the Licensing Regulations, 1823, Licensing Act, 1857 and Registration Act, 1867.
The Soviet Union supported Bangladesh and Indian armies, as well as the Mukti Bahini during the war, recognising that the independence of Bangladesh would weaken the position of its rivals—the United States and the People's Republic of China. It gave assurances to India that if a confrontation with the U.S. or China developed, the USSR would ...
Freedom of the Press status 2017. [1] Freedom of the Press was an annual report on media independence around the world, published between 1980 and 2017 by US-based non-governmental organization Freedom House. [2] It presented measurements of the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in nations and significant disputed ...
Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 drew criticism from writers and journalists for the potential impact on freedom of speech in Bangladesh. [10] This was the most used section of the act by the Bangladesh Police to file cases. [10]