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FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DIGITAL THREATS New struggle of journalism in Bangladesh
by Kazi Jesin ON AUGUST 5, 2024, a student-led uprising ended nearly 16 years of authoritarian rule in Bangladesh, forcing Sheikh Hasina to flee to India. For a brief moment, hope felt tangible — fear might recede, truth could be spoken freely, and reporting would no longer demand personal sacrifice. Yet transitions are rarely simple. From 2010 to August 4, 2024, journalists faced killings, enforced disappearances, and arrests. Photographer Shahidul Alam was detained for over
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