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Bangladesh's interim authorities has warned each print, physics and online media outlets to refrain from reporting statements issued by "convicted and fugitive" deposed premier curate Sheikh Hasina, citing concerns implicit nationalist information and nationalist order.
The National Cyber Security Agency (NCSA) successful a property merchandise issued connected Monday (November 17, 2025) claimed that Ms. Hasina's statements whitethorn incorporate directives oregon calls susceptible of inciting “violence, upset and transgression activities” and disrupting societal harmony, The Daily Star paper reported.
“We impulse the media to enactment responsibly successful the involvement of nationalist security,” the merchandise said.
The bureau said it was “deeply concerned” that immoderate media organisations were broadcasting and publishing remarks attributed to "convicted" and "fugitive" Ms. Hasina.
Noting that airing oregon publishing statements from individuals who are some convicted and fugitive violates provisions of the Cyber Security Ordinance, the bureau warned that authorities are empowered to "remove oregon artifact contented that threatens nationalist integrity, information oregon nationalist order, promotes taste oregon spiritual hatred, oregon straight incites violence".
It further said that utilizing a mendacious individuality oregon illegally accessing systems to dispersed hatred speech, taste incitement oregon calls for unit is simply a punishable offence, and provides for penalties of up to 2 years of imprisonment and/or fines of up to Tk 10 lakh.
Emphasising that it respects state of the property and expression, the NCSA urged media houses to "avoid" carrying immoderate "violent, instigating oregon criminally provocative" statements from convicted individuals and to "remain mindful of their ineligible obligations".
Ms. Hasina, 78, was connected Monday (November 17) sentenced to decease successful absentia by Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for "crimes against humanity" implicit her government's brutal crackdown connected student-led protests past year.
It besides handed the decease condemnation to erstwhile location curate Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal connected akin charges.
Ms. Hasina has been surviving successful India since she fled Bangladesh connected August 5 past twelvemonth successful the look of the monolithic protests. She was earlier declared a fugitive by the court.
Bangladesh's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has hailed the verdict, saying the ruling affirmed a cardinal principle, "no one, careless of power, is supra the law".
Commenting connected the verdict, Ms. Hasina denied the charges arsenic "biased and politically motivated" and said the judgement has been made by a "rigged tribunal" established and presided implicit by an "unelected authorities with nary antiauthoritarian mandate".
