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Bangladesh Digital Security Act 2018: Free Expression Analysis
Secondary
Legal-rights analysis of expression, journalism, digital rights, and vague offences.
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Digital Security Act Enacted
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Est. 1947 · Bengal✺A Bilingual Archive
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Bangladesh: Muzzling dissent online
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Amnesty International briefing on the Digital Security Act's vague offences, surveillance powers, and threats to journalists and online expression.
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Bangladesh: New Digital Security Act imposes dangerous restrictions on freedom of expression
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Amnesty International's response to the enactment of the Digital Security Act in September 2018, focusing on press freedom and speech restrictions.
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Bangladesh: New Law Will Silence Critics
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HRW critique of the Digital Security Act after passage, useful for the legal-control chapter of 2018.
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Bangladesh: Scrap Draconian Elements of Digital Security Act
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Rights-focused source on vague speech offences, surveillance power, and free-expression concerns before the law was passed.
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Digital Security Act 2018 and the Draft Cyber Security Act 2023
— Transparency International Bangladesh
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Civil-society analysis of the DSA’s use, criticism, and the later Cyber Security Act debate.
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Digital Security Act, 2018
— Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Division, Ministry of Law
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Official legal text of the DSA. Core primary source for speech regulation, state power, and cybercrime framing.