The InternationalCovenant on Civil and Political Rights: A Study on Bangladesh Compliance arbitrary lockouts, firing of employees, and increased scrutiny by security forces. Authorities sometimes arrested labour organisers for destruction of property and other charges, in what some NGOs considered repression of labour rights activists. In June 2010, the NGO Affairs Bureau did not renew the foreign donation approval of the Bangladesh Centre for Workers’ Solidarity (BCWS) asserting that the BCWS had violated its terms of registration. In August of the same year, three BCWS leaders were arrested for alleged involvement in the violent unrest following the ready-made garment minimum wage announcement.99 They were released on bail keeping the trial pending. Freedom of Expression: The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and press, but the government frequently fails to respect these rights in practice. Although public criticism of the government is common in Bangladesh, newspapers have to depend on government advertisements for a significant percentage of their revenue. As a result, self-censorship practice by newspapers is not uncommon. Although there are improvements over the past years in this regard, newspapers critical of the government still experience pressure in various forms, and journalists perceived to be critical of the government and those aligned with the opposition party 100 101 Ibid. Ibid. 81