Press freedom

Press freedom

Security personnel and police detain a journalist during a protest by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) seeking the resignation of India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, near the protest site in New Delhi, India, 11 October, 2026. Photo: Reuters

Reporters accuse India of crackdown on journalists, press freedom at youth-led protests

Some of those detained ​said they were clearly identifiable as members of the press. The Reuters journalist was also briefly detained.

Photo: Collected

Govts changed, but fight for press freedom remains: Matiur Rahman

MS NOW White House correspondent Vaughn Hillyard reports from a street corner just outside the White House after US President Donald Trump banned three major news outlets (CNN, MS NOW and Politico) from the White House, in Washington, DC, US, 21 September, 2026. Photo: REUTERS

News outlets will ask judge to end Trump's White House ban at hearing

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh attend a plenary session as finance ministers and central bank governors from G20 countries meet in Asheville, North Carolina, US, 31 August, 2026. Photo: REUTERS

US irks G20 ministers by bringing back Russia, barring journalists

Information and Broadcasting minister Zahir Uddin Swapon addressed an event at the Information Bhaban in the capital. Photo: BSS

Media enjoying highest freedom: Information minister

A picture taken by Yalda Moaiery, who received a 15 year prison sentence for her work as a journalist in Iran, shows rescuers carrying a body at the site of a strike carried out during the 40-day US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Tehran, Iran, March-April 2026. Photo:Reuters.

Iranian photojournalist faces 15 years in prison over images, reporting

Jahir Uddin Swapon addresses the inaugural meeting of the Press Accreditation Committee. Photo:BSS

Swapon stresses need for authority to determine journalist status

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon addresses a workshop at a hotel in the capital on 18 June 2026. Photo: BSS

Govt committed to ensuring press freedom: Swapon

Information and Broadcasting Minister Zahir Uddin Swapon addresses a workshop at a hotel in Dhaka on 18 June 2026. Photo: BSS

Govt committed to ensuring press freedom: Swapon

Illustration: TBS

CPJ urges PM to stop the cycle of press repression and political retaliation

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Why Bangladesh's ailing economy needs a free press

Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK). Photo: Collected

Free, independent media essential for democracy and rights: ASK

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

Press Freedom Index: Bangladesh slips 3 notches to 152nd