{"id":28291,"date":"2026-09-07T11:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T05:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/?p=28291"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T05:43:43","slug":"workshop-on-freedom-of-expression-in-bangladesh-contemporary-challenges-and-capacity-building-of-journalists-and-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/2026\/09\/07\/workshop-on-freedom-of-expression-in-bangladesh-contemporary-challenges-and-capacity-building-of-journalists-and-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh: Contemporary Challenges and Capacity Building of Journalists and Others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28293\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1233\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04.jpg 1233w, https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/04-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1233px) 100vw, 1233px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Bangladesh, organised a day-long workshop titled \u201cWorkshop on Freedom of Expression in Bangladesh: Contemporary Challenges and Capacity Building of Journalists and Others\u201d on 7 September 2026 at Hotel Grand Park, Barishal.<br \/>\nThe workshop brought together 30 participants, including human rights defenders, journalists, teachers, lawyers, representatives of various organisations, minority communities, students and other members of civil society from Barishal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28294 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"293\" height=\"170\" \/><br \/>\nASK Executive Director Ms. Tahmina Rahman joined the programme online and conducted the introductory session titled \u201cConstitutional Safeguards, International Standards and Digital Rights Management.\u201d<br \/>\nMd. Zahid Hossain, Human Rights Officer, and Dr. Sabrina Ahmed, Assistant Human Rights Officer, represented OHCHR, Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme was facilitated by ASK Senior Coordinator Abu Ahmed Faijul Kabir and featured a range of interactive discussions and activities aimed at strengthening participants\u2019 awareness and capacity on freedom of expression and contemporary challenges in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), with the support of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Bangladesh, organised a day-long workshop titled \u201cWorkshop on Freedom&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advocacy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28295,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28291\/revisions\/28295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.askbd.org\/ask\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}