Dhaka, Nov. 14 -- The Clooney Foundation for Justice and the Centre for Governance Studies, an independent think tank based in Dhaka, are calling on the Government of Bangladesh to revise proposed cyber security legislation that could expose journalists to lengthy prison sentences and reverse earlier free-speech reforms.

The proposed amendment reintroduces provisions similar to those under the Digital Security Act, which was previously used to silence journalists and restrict press freedom.

The interim government had repealed vague provisions on cyber defamation and misinformation, but the proposed law would bring them back.

A November 2025 report by the Centre for Governance Studies and the Clooney Foundation's TrialWatch Programme ex...