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Bangladesh continues ban on websites that published mutiny meeting audio

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] Head of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Ziaul Islam said Tuesday that there are no plans in place to lift the ban on several websites that have posted a recording in which Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is criticized by army officers over how she handled the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny in late February. The BTRC blocked several websites Sunday on government instructions that identified them as subversive or detrimental to the administration because the audio of the meeting could be distributed through them. Among the websites banned are YouTube and Esnips. Bangladeshi media has reported on the contents of the meeting but has not published a transcript. Bangladeshi officials said Saturday that the government is considering trying by court-martial the more than 1,000 border guards accused of participating in the BDR mutiny, which killed dozens of top BDR officials, including the force's commander. The US FBI team sent to Bangladesh to assist in the investigation arrived on Sunday, and Scotland Yard investigators are also expected to join in the investigation. Hasina was elected to office in December 2008, ending two years of military rule.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).