That a brutal dictatorship is trying to silence dissenters abroad is not surprising; small mercies for the cartoonish approach to these things. That Bangladesh’s entire “free media”–the Prothom Alo, the BFUJ, the (regime owned) Dhaka Tribune, the Daily Star–are all entirely silent about this says a lot about their phony commitment to democracy. As I have often maintained, the cheapest ladies of the evening are no match for the so-called ‘journalists’ in Dhaka, when it comes to pricing their wares.
Dedicated to the restoration of pluralist, representative, democracy in Bangladesh. I write because they can't speak anymore.