There’s a new Submarine Cable Map in town.
The 2023 edition depicts 529 cable systems and 1,444 landings that are currently active or under construction 👇
Follow
Click to Follow rezwan
Rezwan
@rezwan
Editor , Communications | Blogger, Translator, Digital Rights advocate | Opinions=mine. Retweets≠endorsement | @rezwan@mastodon.social
Rezwan’s Tweets
After big promises made in 2015, China's belt and Road Initiative is taking a much slower pace in #Bangladesh as a result of pushback from communities and the Bangladeshi government.
2
3
Elahi Mohamed Fazle experienced his own challenges as migrant to Spain and didn't want others to suffer. He started to fight for migrant rights. Read 📚 Madrileños que valen la pena elpais.com/espana/madrid/ via
4
9
🇵🇸: #SystemofSilencing is the first visual in a new series by highlighting attacks on freedom of expression aimed at shielding Israel from accountability.
For the next few months, they'll delve deeper into several of the tactics introduced in this visual:
1
1
Check out digisec.directory, a compilation of digital security & safety resources by the contributors of EngageMedia's Localization project.
Help enrich the directory by translating, updating, or adding new tools and resources.
Learn more:
2
1
This January was a terrible month for the residents of Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, as air quality was at a dangerous level for a total of nine days.
globalvoices.org/2023/02/14/haz
via
1
গেল জানুয়ারি ছিল বাংলাদেশের রাজধানী ঢাকা শহরের মানুষের কাছে ‘ভয়ংকর’ একটি মাস। এ মাসে মোট ৯ দিন ঢাকার বায়ুর মান দুর্যোগপূর্ণ ছিল — গত ৭ বছরে সর্বোচ্চ।
bn.globalvoices.org/2023/02/15/613 via
2
1
Coke Studio Bangla dropped their first song of season 2 celebrating local dialects — this time from #Chottogram #Sylhet & #Khulna.
#MurirTin is a melting pot where the cultures & the people of Bangladesh come and go.
youtube.com/watch?v=LQ3677
#CokeStudioBanglaS2
2
Former refugee Behrouz Boochani's 'surreal' experience in Australia's parliament globalvoices.org/2023/02/14/for via
Prime Minister Hun Sen ordered the shutdown of & , one of the last independent local news organizations in #Cambodia, saying that the outlet had attacked him and his son and hurt the country.
usnews.com/news/world/art
#saveVOD #FreePress
Quote Tweet
Please join us together to #SaveVoD. @VODKhmer plays significant role to promote access to information and make public & the government well informed. In solidarity and respect to all VOD team!
1
2
1
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: EngageMedia is accepting applications for the Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Festival Fellowship, which will provide limited funding for selected participants to join the week-long event in Chiang Mai in May 2023.
Apply by February 28: engagemedia.org/festival/fello
9
10
A team of army and fire service has left for the country in a special aircraft with emergency medical supplies from Bangladesh to assist in the rescue work in Turkey.
1
2
8
Indian journalist Shashikant Warishe killed after coverage of land dispute
4
63
90
Show this thread
Going or coming? Innovation in transport.
Seen in Sukhchor Union, Hatiya island, Bangladesh.
goo.gl/maps/rMerj9D6t
Image via Apu Nazrul.
facebook.com/fromctg/posts/
A record 339 million people - more than 4% of the world population - will need humanitarian assistance in 2023.
The world cannot lose sight of those in desperate need.
227
665
1,440
কাঁঠাল দ্বারা অনুপ্রাণিত জুতা! বাংলাদেশে ডিজাইন করা - পর্তুগালে তৈরি - দাম ২০০ ইউরো।
eknfootwear.com/men/alle-schuh
thedailystar.net/lifestyle/news
Widely consumed 20 fish and shell fish species in 🇧🇩 are found contaminated with microplastic in a study. The sample was taken from three rivers surrounding world's largest mangrove forest Sundaraban. Read my story on The Daily Star.
thedailystar.net/news/banglades
1
13
20
Artists should have the freedom to express themselves and create content based on real-life events - but to what extent?
Bollywood’s ‘Faraaz’ raises questions about trauma exploitation in art globalvoices.org/2023/01/27/bol via
1
Indian Passenger's Livestream Shows Final Moments of Nepal Plane Crash #planecrash #nepal #india R.I.P.
In the hours after Nepal's deadliest plane crash in the last 30 years, a video went viral in India - it showed one of the victims, Sonu Jaiswal, livestreaming from the plane
1:00
21.9K views
3
36
80
If an advertiser seems to be tracking you across multiple websites without your permission, Privacy Badger can automatically block that advertiser from loading any more content in your browser.
2
40
110
Fight your local tech dystopia this year. Connect with a local grassroots group (or start your own) with resources from the Electronic Frontier Alliance.
1
11
42
#India🇮🇳: As many as 55,580 websites, URLs, applications, social media posts and accounts were blocked in India between January 2015 and September 2022, said the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) in its Website Blocking report.
1
5
2
Digital Rights Nepal, EngageMedia and Internews, as part of Internet Freedom Program, are distributing free software licenses to Civil Society Groups and Human Rights Defenders in Nepal. Find details and submit the form bit.ly/3H6saFe Deadline: 25 January 2023
6
3
বারাণসী থেকে ডিব্রুগড়, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ও বাংলাদেশের বিভিন্ন নদ-নদী ঘুরে জলপথে ৩ হাজার ২০০ কিলোমিটার পথ পাড়ি দেবে প্রমোদতরী ‘গঙ্গা বিলাস’ - সময় নেবে ৫১ দিন।
‘গঙ্গা বিলাস’- বাংলাদেশে ঘুরবে ৬ দিন - মিলেমিশে একাকার হবে দুই বাংলা।
anandabazar.com/photogallery/w
read image description
ALT
Solving climate crisis is not a politics. It’s the moral responsibility of our leaders.
#ClimateStrike
54
111
627
2
4
12
Video of moments before Yeti Airlines crash in Pokhara.
Looks normal till that abrupt 90 degree anti-clockwise turn.
0:10
4.8M views
From
Wajahat Kazmi
21
17
170
Rooftop party in ... Berlin? New York? Nope, it's the beautiful madness of the Dhaka kite festival! #Dhaka #Experience
0:09
4.4K views
9
37
187
Building on the theme of regional cooperation, wrapped up the 3-day Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Forum on January 14, 2023 by co-facilitating parallel, in-person solidarity events in Bangkok, Jakarta, KL, Dhaka, & Manila.
Our local partners: engagemedia.org/2023/asia-paci
read image description
ALT
5
5
"No other media has been able to credibly reach a wide range of audiences in Bangladesh, and it is unlikely that any media will be able to do so in the future."
globalvoices.org/2023/01/12/bbc via
cc: #BBCBangla
1
"বাংলাদেশে একেবারে প্রান্তিক পর্যায়ে আর কোন গণমাধ্যম গ্রহণযোগ্যভাবে পৌঁছাতে পারেনি এবং ভবিষ্যতে ২য় কেউ পারবেও না"
বাঙালি শ্রোতাদের স্মৃতির পাতায় জায়গা নিল বিবিসি বাংলা রেডিও bn.globalvoices.org/2023/01/13/611 via
1
1
Media freedom backslid in the Asia-Pacific, reflecting both the growing turn to authoritarianism and the disastrous impact of disinformation in online spaces.
#APDRF
from and from discuss this and more:
forum.engagemedia.org/event/breakout
read image description
ALT
2
3
The Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Forum kicked off with discussions on the challenges and threats faced by advocates and the need for collaboration and network-building.
#APDRF
Read highlights from the Day 1 keynote panels and breakout sessions:
1
3
4
Show this thread
Plz follow & find out more about the Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Forum at forum.engagemedia.org. We are supporting 's important work on defending & advancing digital rights in Asia-Pacific & connecting peoples across the region and beyond #APDRF
4
6
That's a wrap for Day 1 of the Asia-Pacific Digital Rights Forum! Join us tomorrow for more insightful discussions on digital rights issues relevant to changemakers in the region.
#APDRF
Check out the Day 2 breakout session schedule here: engagemedia.org/2023/asia-paci
read image description
ALT
1
How can we counter disinformation without infringing on freedom of expression?
Hear from:
1) Santosh Sigdel
Founder of
2) Fritz Edward Siregar
Lecturer in Law School, Indonesia
#APDRF
forum.engagemedia.org/live/c
3
4
Digital authoritarianism has accelerated amid #COVID19. How has it impacted the Asia-Pacific?
Hear from:
1) Miraj Ahmed Chowdhury, &
2) Dr. Janjira Sombatpoonsiri, Chulalongkorn University
3) Nenden Aurum of
#APDRF
forum.engagemedia.org/live/a
6
1
The past decade has seen how digital technologies and ethnoreligious hate can become intertwined. This session will allow activists to understand this trend.
Hear from Hew Wai Weng from UKM, from IIPB & from
forum.engagemedia.org/live/a
1
Women and LGBTQIA+ communities continue to face discrimination and the denial of the full exercise of their rights, especially online.
Hear from Trishia from OGNIE Foundation Bangladesh & Rita Baramu () from
#APDRF
forum.engagemedia.org/live/b
read image description
ALT
4
4