
Selective Silence, Elite Caution, and the Cost of Invisibility When mobs torched the offices of media houses like Prothom Alo and The Daily Star in Dhaka, after the death of Osman Hadi, foreign embassies moved quickly. Statements were issued. Joint condemnations followed. Press freedom was invoked, rightly, as a core democratic value [1]. But when …

N J Thakuria, Geneva: A record number of media persons have been killed this year across the world, observed the global safety & rights body Press Emblem Campaign. At least 165 of them lost their lives in 21 countries on the globe (till Tuesday) said the PEC. Two conflicts are responsible for two thirds of …
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