Press Freedom in Bangladesh: Lessons from the Digital Security Act

A new report by the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s TrialWatch initiative and the Centre for Governance Studies (CGS) examines the chilling impact of Bangladesh’s 2018 Digital Security Act (DSA) on press freedom and identifies lessons for the future, in advance of general elections scheduled for February 2026.

The report analyzes 222 cases involving 396 journalists to document how the DSA was applied to punish reporting and criticism online, including interviews with 30 affected journalists.

Take an in-depth, interactive look at the data here.