Dhaka, April 22 -- Speakers at a task force meeting on Wednesday stressed the need for stronger coordination, legal safeguards and institutional reforms to protect freedom of expression in Bangladesh amid growing concerns over harassment, intimidation and restrictions on civic and cultural spaces.

The discussion, held in Dhaka, brought together journalists, academics and human rights activists under a Freedom of Expression (FoE) Taskforce initiative supported by the Association for Progressive Communications and organised by the rights-based research and advocacy organisation VOICE.

Participants observed that freedom of expression continues to face significant challenges in an evolving socio-political environment, with media professiona...