Reporters Sans Frontiers Press Freedom Survey 2000: Bangladesh Country Report   Bangladesh Constitutional guarantees of press freedom are subject to "reasonable restrictions" in the interest of security, foreign relations, public order, decency, or morality. Defamation and incitement to violence are prohibited. Broadcast media are state-owned and heavily favor the government. The print media are diverse and outspoken, though they face severe pressure. Violence directed at journalists and their institutions escalated in 1999. Insurgent activists and the police attacked the press as the government heightened its defense against the politics of strikes and demonstrations. In the melees, some 40 reporters and 50 press photographers were assaulted and injured. Ten sustained bullet wounds, three were arrested and others charged. Seven newspaper offices were attacked, and death threats were received by at least eleven journalists. 0000 Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) EFF is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet. 00000000 Global Internet Liberty Campaign Network of organizations working for freedom of speech and encryption online. 0000 Home | Contacts | Search |

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