Priya Ahsan Chowdhury
Enrolled: 2023 (High Court Division)Associate
E: pachowdhury@khossain.com
Priya Ahsan Chowdhury is an Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, a Barrister, and an Associate at Dr. Kamal Hossain and Associates, having joined the firm in 2018. Priya’s main areas of practice are constitutional and administrative law, public interest, human rights and family law. Priya has led the research, and helped draft petitions and conduct litigation on issues relating to identity documents, torture in custody and compensation, intellectual disability, and online speech including Dr Shahidul Alam v State 33 BLT 2025 (HCD) 582. She has also conducted pro bono research, advice, and drafting of public interest litigation cases, and assisted with litigation and expert opinions on a range of issues relating to freedom of expression, defamation, copyright, gender and other discrimination, children’s rights, family matters, child sexual abuse material (CSAM), illegal eviction, identity documents, data protection, disability rights, arbitrary arrest and detention, workplace safety, and online harassment against women and children among others. She has published articles on online speech and freedom of expression, modern-day slavery, death penalty, and torture in custody. She has co-authored a book chapter, Building coalitions and cases: Towards climate and housing justice in Bangladesh’s informal settlements (with Sara Hossain and Efadul Huq in Legal Empowerment in Informal Settlements Grassroots Experiences in the Global South, Routledge 2025). Priya was Senior Article Editor for The City Law Review, London (2020-2022) and Legal Consultant to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression (2025). She is currently an Advisor to Cyber Support for Women and Children. Priya holds an LLB (Hons.) degree (2015), a Postgraduate Certificate in Media and Communications (2016), a Post Graduate Diploma in Law (2018), and an LLM in International Business Law (2025) from the City University of London, United Kingdom. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn (2019), enrolled as an Advocate by the Bangladesh Bar Council (2021), and permitted to practise before the High Court Division (2023). Priya is a member of the Dhaka Bar Association, the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar Association, and the Hon’ble Society of Lincoln’s Inn. She is also a member of JUSTICE UK, LAWASIA, and the Human Rights Lawyers Association UK, among others.