Dhaka, May 4 -- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day (May 3), the Editors' Council (Sampadak Parishad) has demanded the scrapping of the Digital Security Act (DSA) and other repressive laws to ensure freedom of expression and media freedom. That free media is the cornerstone of democracy can hardly be overemphasised. But do we have democracy?

The DSA has always been in the attention of journalists and human rights activists since its creation for its unreasonable clauses, vague terms and conditions, but in this election year, the government, as unpopular and detached from people as it could be, has become so sensitive and intolerant about political opposition and press freedom that this most controversial Act is now being recurrent...