Asif Mahmud Sajib Bhuiyan, an adviser to the Ministry of Local Government and Youth Sports, stated that even attempts at basic journalism have faced suppression under the Awami League government. In a Facebook post, he said press conferences during Sheikh Hasina's tenure were designed for praise—not for questions. He linked media censorship to the roots of the July uprising and highlighted how artist Debashish Chakraborty captured this repression through posters in the "July Prelude Series," part of the “July Renaissance” campaign.