Bangladeshi journalists face 10-year jail terms for ‘unverified’ reporting under draft cybercrime law
Dhaka, September 14, 2026—Bangladesh’s government must immediately withdraw or substantially revise proposed amendments to the Cyber Protection Act that would criminalize reporting officials deem unverified, and grant authorities the power to block journalists’ work and deregister news outlets, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. The draft amendments, which the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting…