The Committee to Protect Journalists on Monday, November 11, wrote to Professor Muhammad Yunus urging him to protect press freedom in his role as chief adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh.
On November 4, the interim information ministry announced that the Cyber Security Act would be repealed within a week. The law was passed in 2023 and replaced the Digital Security Act, which was repeatedly used to crack down on journalists under the previous government.
Currently, dozens of journalists perceived to be supportive of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her ousted Awami League party face police investigations in apparent retaliation for their work. In late October and early November, the interim information ministry revoked the press accreditation of several of these journalists, four of whom remain jailed.
Read the full letter here.