Dec 20, ‘05, Families of slain journalists express their skepticism regarding the government’s sincerity in carrying out investigations:

The government’s lack of sincerity and negligence of police are encouraging the real culprits, resulting in the murder of one after another journalist, who wrote against them, the families said.
Bangladesh has become a dangerous place for journalists, they told a press conference organised by Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) at the Jatiya Press Club after a convention against “Repression on Journalists”.

The Reporters Sans Frontieres’ 2005 report on press freedom in Bangladesh:

For the third year running, Bangladesh was the country with the largest number of journalists physically attacked or threatened with death. Four reporters were killed and 10 were arrested. The conservative government showed no interest in combatting the scourges of corruption and violence against the press. Protected by the authorities, Islamist groups stepped up their intimidation of independent news media.

Internet surveillance — phone taps — when will these “minor infractions of civil liberties” be enough?

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