Redwan Ahmed, Bangladesh

Journalist, Producer and Advocate for Free Expression

Redwan Ahmed is a Bangladeshi independent journalist, producer, and advocate for freedom of expression. His reporting on politics, human rights, and migration has been featured in The Guardian, Financial Times, South China Morning Post, Voice of America, Radio Sweden, and ABC Australia.

He is the founder of Cost of Speech—a platform that documents violations of free expression in Bangladesh while amplifying the voices of writers, poets, and journalists committed to tolerance and democratic values. A Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree, UN Journalism Fellow, and Feuchtwanger Fellow, he also served as a Visiting Scholar at the University of Southern California.

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Articles by Redwan Ahmed, Bangladesh

"On the morning of August 5, 2024, I woke to a silence that felt ominous. For weeks, Dhaka—the sprawling, restless capital of Bangladesh, home to more than 20 million people—had been alive with defiance. Students filled the streets chanting against the government, their voices punctuated by the crack of flash grenades and the sting of live rounds fired into crowds."

When Art Becomes a Weapon: Youth, Culture, and the Fragile Future of Bangladesh

20 October 2025

Redwan Ahmed, Bangladesh

Journalist, Producer and Advocate for Free Expression

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