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.