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DHAKA: Five Bangladeshi and international organisations have written to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asking her to take action guaranteeing press freedom amid an alarming surge in physical and judicial attacks on reporters and cartoonists in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, a media report said on Friday.
The organisations are — Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRNI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Forum for Freedom of Expression, Bangladesh (FExB), Ain O Shalish Kendra (ASK) and Cartooning For Peace (CFP), said the bdnews24 report. The letter was published on the Reporters Without Borders website on Wednesday.
Though the Bangladesh government claims to "firmly believe in freedom of the press", it is being violated, especially during the coronavirus pandemic, the letter said. "During the month of May alone, at least 16 journalists and bloggers were charged under the 2018 Digital Security Act. (IANS)
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