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February 24, 2023 \u2013 Dhaka, Bangladesh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

We, the undersigned members of the Media Freedom Coalition in Bangladesh, express our concern about the Government of Bangladesh\u2019s recent decision to cancel the declaration (authorization to publish) of the\u00a0Dainik Dinkal<\/em>.\u00a0 A free press and free speech play a key role in a transparent democracy.<\/p>\n

Signed:<\/strong>
\nAustralia
\nCanada
\nDenmark
\nNetherlands
\nNorway
\nSweden
\nSwitzerland
\nUnited Kingdom
\nUnited States<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":904,"featured_media":17935,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[3292],"locations_taxonomy":[3270],"class_list":["post-19339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-press-releases","locations_taxonomy-dhaka"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStatement of Media Freedom Coalition in Bangladesh on Closing of Dainik Dinkal - U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/29318\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statement of Media Freedom Coalition in Bangladesh on Closing of Dainik Dinkal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/29318\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-24T17:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-22T17:49:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bd.usembassy.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-02-24-at-7.26.45-PM-750x450-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"U.S. Embassy Dhaka\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"U.S. Embassy Dhaka\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/29318\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/29318\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"U.S. Embassy Dhaka\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/8221ea411b0fd3af16069d1d718855b7\"},\"headline\":\"Statement of Media Freedom Coalition in Bangladesh on Closing of Dainik Dinkal\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-24T17:38:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-22T17:49:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/29318\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":12,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/29318\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/151\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/Screenshot-2023-02-24-at-7.26.45-PM-750x450-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Press Releases\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/29318\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bd.usembassy.gov\\\/29318\\\/\",\"name\":\"Statement of Media Freedom Coalition in Bangladesh on Closing of Dainik Dinkal - 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