Bangladeshi journalists hopeful for return to press freedom as Hasina era ends

Reporters cautiously optimistic as interim government takes over after years of intimation and censorship under outgoing prime minister

Bangladeshi journalists are hoping the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina will bring to an end an era of censorship and fear as they prepare to hold a new interim government to account.

The arrests, abuse and forced disappearances at the hands of Bangladesh’s security forces have loomed over journalists for most of Hasina’s 15-year rule, preventing them from routine reporting for fear of writing anything that could be perceived as embarrassing for the government.

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