Freemuse calls for the immediate release of Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam and charges against him to be dropped.

On 11 June 2018, writer and publisher, Shahzahan Bachchu was allegedly murdered by Islamic extremists in his home village of Kakaldi in Bangladesh.

Renowned science fiction and children’s stories author, activist and professor Muhammad Zafar Iqbal was stabbed on 3 March 2018 a student at an Islamic school who claimed he attacked the writer because he was "an enemy of Islam".

The literary and artistic community in Bangladesh face significant restrictions in exercising their right to freedom of expression according to new report.

The literary and artistic community in Bangladesh face significant restrictions in exercising their right to freedom of expression according to new report.

Artists around the world face threats & limitations from government and non-state actors; challenges which are also a daily reality for Bangladeshi artists.

The Bangladesh Film Development Corporation banned film ‘Doob: No Bed of Roses’ on 16 February 2017, just a day after it had approved the film.

At least nine writers, bloggers, publishers, academics, and activists have been murdered in Bangladesh since February 2015, including four in the last month alone. Dozens of other individuals including artists face an imminent threat to their lives and livelihoods and live in a state of fear due to a lack …

The Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh, Ma Mingqiang, found the ‘Last Words’ exhibit at the Dhaka Art Summit “offensive” and called for its removal as it featured copies of handwritten letters written by five Tibetans before they self-immolated in protest against the Chinese government, reported ArtNet News on 9 February 2016. …

The first Chakma language film in Bangladesh has been censored by the Bangladesh Film Censor Board By Pantha Rahman Reza   ‘Mor Thengari’ (‘My Bicycle’) is the first feature film made entirely in Chakma, an indigenous language spoken by the Chakma ethnic minority in Bangladesh. Directed by Aung Rakhine, the …