In recent years, South Asia has seen a rapid deterioration in press freedom and freedom of expression. Writers are facing increasing censorship, silence, and persecution in South Asian countries. These include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Press freedom in Bangladesh has severely declined. This is especially noticeable in recent […]
Author Archives: Anisur Rahman
Anisur Rahman (b. 1978) is a Bangladeshi-Swedish poet, playwright, journalist, and literary critic whose work intersects with radical politics, cultural resistance, and transnational solidarity.
A prolific author of over fifty books spanning poetry, novels, essays, and translations, Rahman’s work bridges Bengali and Scandinavian literary traditions. His writings—translated into 20+ languages, including English, Swedish, and Arabic—critique authoritarianism, censorship, and the erosion of secularism in Bangladesh, themes central to his 2024 analysis of the post-Hasina regime’s destruction of cultural institutions