In this file photo taken on March 03, 2021 activists shout slogans during a protest against the Digital Security Act (DSA), in Dhaka following the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail months after his arrest under the DSA. The United States on July 20, 2021 voiced alarm over what it called a deteriorating climate for press freedom in Bangladesh, which has increasingly made use of a draconian digital security law. AFP FILE PHOTO
In this file photo taken on March 03, 2021 activists shout slogans during a protest against the Digital Security Act (DSA), in Dhaka following the death of writer Mushtaq Ahmed in jail months after his arrest under the DSA. The United States on July 20, 2021 voiced alarm over what it called a deteriorating climate for press freedom in Bangladesh, which has increasingly made use of a draconian digital security law. AFP FILE PHOTO


DHAKA: The United States on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) voiced alarm over what it called a deteriorating climate for press freedom in Bangladesh, which has increasingly made use of a draconian digital security law.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has become a close partner of the United States, which has welcomed her support on climate change and against Islamic extremism as well as her government's welcome to hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fleeing a brutal military campaign in neighboring Myanmar.

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