Annual Report 2008: Bangladesh
Annual Report 2008: Bangladesh
Critical journalist arrested without warrant, detained on spurious robbery complaint
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Corruption Reporter Arrested Without Warrant in Bangladesh The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed that a Bangladeshi journalist who has reported extensively on alleged police corruption was wrongfully detained by police and accused of robbery. Rabiul Islam, a journalist for The Daily Sunshine, a Rajshahi-based […]
Further improvements needed in draft Right to Information Law, says ARTICLE 19
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release: Bangladesh: Submission on Draft Right to Information Law ARTICLE 19, Global Campaign for Freedom of Expression, together with partner organisations in Bangladesh – Shushashoner Jonno Procharavijan (SUPRO), Mass Line Media (MMC) and Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication (BNNRC) – today provided a […]
World Report 2008: Bangladesh
World Report 2008: Bangladesh
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Bangladesh
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Bangladesh
Freedom of the Press 2007: Bangladesh
Freedom of the Press 2007: Bangladesh
Threatened Bangladeshi feminist writer leaves India for Europe
(WiPC/IFEX) – WiPC has been informed that Taslima Nasrin left India for Europe on 19 March 2008. WiPC continues to urge the Indian authorities to publicly condemn the violence and death threats against Nasrin. Controversial Bangladeshi feminist writer Nasrin was placed under protection in a safe house in Delhi on 21 November 2007 following violent […]
Cartoonist released after six months in prison
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release on 20 March 2008 of Arifur Rahman, a cartoonist who was arrested in September 2007 because of a cartoon that contained a play on the name of the Prophet Mohammed. He was freed because the plaintiff repeatedly failed to come to court. “It is unacceptable that Rahman […]
Growing concerns for the health and safety of controversial feminist Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin in Delhi
(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN’s Writers in Prison Committee is increasingly concerned for the safety and well-being of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who has been under government protection in a safe house in Delhi since 21 November 2007. Her health is said to be rapidly deteriorating and there are concerns about her treatment in confinement and […]
Journalist Tasneem Khalil released after brutal torture by military; government not addressing endemic torture, warns Human Rights Watch
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is an abridged Human Rights Watch press release: Bangladesh: Tortured Journalist Describes Surviving Military Beatings “Reform-Minded” Government Not Addressing Arbitrary Detention and Torture (New York, February 14, 2008) – The arbitrary arrest and torture of journalist Tasneem Khalil by Bangladesh’s notorious military intelligence agency highlights abuses under the country’s state of […]
Journalist, out on bail, facing hardship due to legal persecution, still suffering from torture-induced injuries; CPJ concerned about trial process
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ letter to Bangladeshi President Iajuddin Ahmed: December 19, 2007 President Iajuddin Ahmed People’s Republic of Bangladesh Via Ambassador Shamseer M. Chowdhury Bangladesh Embassy Washington, D.C. Via fax: (202) 244-5366 Dear Mr. President: The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned about the upcoming trial of Jahangir Alam Akash, […]
Investigative reporter beaten in custody, sent to prison hospital with injuries
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: In Bangladesh, investigative reporter beaten in custody New York, October 26, 2007 – A Bangladeshi journalist arrested Tuesday has been beaten in jail, his wife told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Jahangir Alam Akash was arrested at his home in Rajshahi on extortion charges. Akash was […]
Investigative reporter detained on dubious charges, allegedly in reprisal for reporting
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 October 2007 CPJ press release: Investigative reporter detained in Bangladesh New York, October 24, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention of Bangladeshi reporter Jahangir Alam Akash, who was taken from his home in the northwestern city of Rajshahi by members of an […]
IPI protests jailing of cartoonist and suspension of publication of satirical weekly
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 25 September 2007 In a 25 September letter to Fakhruddin Ahmed, head of the Bangladesh interim government, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, expressed concern at the jailing of a freelance journalist […]
Cartoonist arrested over harmless play on name Mohammed
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediately release of Arifur Rahman, a cartoonist with “Aalpin”, the daily newspaper “Prothom Alo”‘s weekly satirical upplement. He was arrested at his Dhaka home on 17 September 2007 over a cartoon that was a play on the name Mohammed. The government’s press department said the cartoon “hurt […]
Privately-run television station suspended
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has called on the interim government to reverse its decision to suspend the country’s only privately-run 24-hour news channel CSB News for a period of seven days. The worldwide press freedom organisation said it appeared the decision could be linked to the channel’s broadcasts of footage from anti-government demonstrations. “The […]