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Sadeka Halim

The safe expression is one in all the milestones in consolidating democracy. 

To exercise democratic rights freely is critical to confirm the correctness of all voters to specific their views. This right to liberty of expression must be cherished as a big right - as a result of it not solely consolidates and institutionalizes democracy however conjointly facilitates the expression of opinions within the orbit of the individuals. 

Restrict the expression of explicit views publicly in life to guard the sovereignty and integrity of the state. thirty-nine Note of the Constitution 

(1) - Freedom of thought and conscience was bonded. (2) subject to affordable restrictions by law on the protection of the state, friendly relations with foreign countries, public order, decency or morality, or contempt of court, defamation or incitement to the criminal organization

 (a) the correct to liberty of speech and expression, freedom of the press was bonded Constitution of the individuals' Republic of Bangla Desh Oct 2011. Articles thirty-nine, 9, and thirty-two of the Constitution embody the correct to receive info and sequent expression of opinion and to publish in alternative print / electronic media. 

According to the researchers, this provision of the Constitution of Pakistan in 1962 had an adverse impact. It enhanced the conditions of the ban. However, the voters of Bangla Desh even have the correct to free access to info as a basic right (Right to info, 2006) with no restrictions obligatory by liberals.

In the present context of Bangla Desh, the media continues to play an important role in expressing dissent. whether or not the media is liberated to categorical a secure opinion needs AN analysis of the historical context during which the media, it's to determine. Before the twenties, freedom of expression was a matter of recognition as a movement or a right. as a result of The direction of formation, the state was dictatorial, and also the main factor then was to specific the opinion of 1 publicly. nation writer-poet fought with nation monarch within the seventeenth century to determine the freedom of conscience, the autonomy of thought. His accent in aerophysics was as follows; offer ME, offer ME the freedom of information, offer ME the liberty to talk, offer ME the liberty to dialogue freely. Above all, release me. it's noteworthy that we've got not been able to come through the correct to unconditional freedom of speech even nowadays. 

Note that the poet needed independence from the church and also the state as a result of these 2 establishments were then distributing power.

At the tip of the eighteenth century, the press competes for an important role within the freedom of expression. At that age, newspapers became a medium for political, economic, religious, or philosophical debates. Media intellectual Jেনrgen Habermas initially gave the instance of open discussion within the eighteenth-century public sphere, that was utterly free from church and state management. within the eighteenth century, newspapers ANd periodicals became an integral part of the general public domain. Habermas later complained that newspapers and magazines fell prey to advertising and merchandise trade; 

It makes it the most expensive and creates a mass distribution system that creates it troublesome to debate problems with interest.

The purpose of the newspaper was to chop. As a result, the media step by step leaned on Merchants and advertisers (Right to info, 2006).

Although Habermas mentions the method of development of the voice, in Europe then problems comparable to society, the state, and even info and education visit the non-public sector. With the event of the market economy, the character of the govt, trade relations, the character of the artifact economy, and social values ​​began to alter, and also the issue of freedom of the press began to be affected. a market economy is dominant manufacturing, urbanization, and free-market economy (Right to info, 2006: IBD).

 How free is that the media in Bangla Desh from the negative contradict effects of capitalism? 

It is noteworthy that nowadays most of the possession of electronic/print media in Bangladesh is within the hands of businessmen, and editors are operating in newspapers as house owners. though several editors/executives claim that they're serving objective news within the media higher than the interests of the owner, in reality, it doesn't invariably mirror. The media, like alternative sectors, is split into political ideologies. Also, journalists are typically making confusion publicly life by serving untrue info as salaried officers/owners for the sake of gain. The media is victimization it for private gain as opposed to the collective interest.

From a theoretical purpose of reading, the media will add 2 ways in which. the unconventional Approach doesn't verify the media by status/law. The apply of this vogue within the media is objectionable in several cases. On the opposite hand, the technical management argument that raises questions on the neutrality of the media. that the media should be managed through the prescribed section and legal method. what's required is to confirm the safe expression of the medium among logical limits.

The election declaration of the organization presently accountable for the govt has given importance to making sure the liberty of the media. The media acts because of the watchdog of all activities of the state and also the government. For this reason, we tend to think about the media as a second state. The important role of the medium is to gift objectively to the voters the transparency of all activities of state and public life and also the facts. it's through the publication of such news that the media establishes its field of transparency and responsibility. If it fails to figure on volition, then the media becomes Lap Dog. {nitty-gritty|kernel|substance|core|center|essence|gist|heart|heart ANd soul|inwardness|marrow|meat|nub|pith|sum|content|cognitive content|mental object} Media is currently an business, and during this sector, as in alternative departments of the business, new ways are discovered in production distribution, division of labor, and body management. The media is shining the sunshine of company culture, and it's conjointly succeeding within the country. Taking advantage of the huge potential of technology, the pace of newspaper production has enhanced considerably, and that we are publication concerning twenty-nine non-public channels, 113 magazines, and concerning five hundred magazines across the country. From any time before, the operating ways of journalists are efficient and structured. 

Are the media journalists obtaining truthful wages and recognition for his or her work while not the influence of the house owners and agents?

 According to media researchers, because the development of the market economy has accelerated, isn't the method of exploitation of surplus price aggravating within the media as in alternative industries?

 Advertising is enjoying AN exceptional role in making a big shopper as a supply of financial gain. I worry that in several cases, despite the large acceptance of varied magazines and personal channels, it'll not continue while not adequate advertising (Right to Information; 2006: 428). it's noteworthy that the six demands emanating from the notice Movement on the Ganajagaran Mancha have loudly immersed most penalty for war criminals, ban on Jamaat-e-Islami politics, and boycott of all economic and social organizations regarding radical economic science. Advertising of monetary establishments continues. throughout the Partition of 1947 and Ayub military rule, the Newspaper publication and publication Ordinance wanted to curtail the liberty of the press, however attacks/threats to journalism continuing despite some amendments within the face of protests. throughout the military rule current Bangla Desh, the media has conjointly round-faced censorship. The state remains busy within the freedom of the medium in varied ways in which. it's conjointly offensive journalists at many political rallies and killing several journalists for reportage the brave truth.

In Bangla Desh, capital investment and political influence within the media couldn't be free. In several cases, the media is behaving sort of an international company. Even being a non-public sector, no national are able to collect info victimization the correct to info Act. however medium employees have begun to use the correct to info Act to supply investigatory reports. The Ministry of knowledge has taken the initiative to formulate a broadcasting policy, however, the method should be democratic in establishing free media. during this context, democratic and doctrine society, free flow of capital, healthy competition, and discretion and apply - of these phenomena go along - however is it possible? however so much will the media go higher than the economic system and advertisers in expressing a secure opinion? to not be outdone, however, is that the media, which incorporates Destiny, Hallmark, securities market scandals, rape, varied kinds of violence, recent sabotage and violence by the opposition, communal attacks on minorities, Tazreen, good and Bangla Desh post-independence ideology. The news of the Garment Tragedy at amphibian genus Plaza in Savar has evidenced all the time however shut the media is to the individuals - to people who cannot scan newspapers. to specify a secure opinion, therefore, within the lightweight of the constitutional and international charter, the free media must publish a balanced read.

Recently, the correct to AN opinion has been wide mentioned on social media and at varying levels. above all, the views of some bloggers against the holy faith of Islam in My Desh newspaper, the publication of provocative info around Projanma Chattar, the media of images of Sayedee amendment of Dress-up in Makkah Sharif and also the story titled woman ahead of television equipment written by Hasnat Abdul Hai in Prothom Alo are powerfully protested and condemned. It did. Dacca University student-teacher center space is thought because of the heart of deism. The planned brutal killing of Abhijit Roy and also the injury of his better half have raised the question of discretion. Abhijit Roy's murder is brutal, however not new or accidental. some years agone, we tend to witnessed an identical assassination try (consequently death) of the intellectual and author Humayun Azad. excluding this, we've got eye-witness the brutal loss of a lifetime of many bloggers similarly as Rajiv at the hands of satanic militants. He was the founding father of Muktamana's diary. He failed to ridicule any nonsecular nice as an author or blogger. Over against, as a worthy son of academic Ajay Roy, he was a staunch opponent of current intolerance, secularism, use of faith as armor in politics, nonsecular intolerance, and coercion. That is, he was a laic gentleman. will any faith have a provision to kill an individual if he's a secularist? Islam doesn't support this sort of medieval atrocity. therefore these killers underneath the semblance of faith who are against deism are hateful. they're the enemies of humanity, in line with laic thinkers. Social media is one in all the leading platforms of expression, wherever adolescents are providing opinions on social, political, economic, and varied problems. The many views expressed on social media are courteously the same to be unknown to veteran politicians and policymakers. The new generation invariably brings an amendment to society. At present, the new generation doesn't have to be compelled to hold conferences and processions to form demands or offer opinions. they're victimization social media outside of ancient media. because of the organic process of brand new life philosophy. they're amid a severe decline in society and politics and draw a bead on to alter society in Bangla Desh. 'Social media' also provides an opportunity to practice democratic culture. that the place of this application should be protected. individuals don't seem to be outside society and also the state. 

How a lot of power will a complaintive diary or media have to be compelled to resist the onslaught of unconditional interests in society and politics, if it doesn't have a civil society on its side?

 Where crucial authority is weak, the varied suggests that of deism alone cannot shield the general public interest. The liberal mentality of taking completely different views and also the support of the state is fascinating for the amendment of society.

Author: Sadeka Halim

Department of social science, Dacca University and

Former info Commissioner