Bangladesh

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 23 August 2007 CPJ press release: CPJ concerned by restrictions on media coverage of Bangladesh crisis New York, August 23, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is dismayed by reports of the assault, detention, and harassment of local journalists by security forces attempting to enforce the indefinite curfew […]

(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is a 25 May 2007 CJFE letter to the Acting High Commissioner for Bangladesh in Canada: Syed Masud Mahmood Khundoker, Acting High Commissioner High Commission for Bangladesh 275 Bank Street, Suite 302 Ottawa, Ontario K2P 2L6 May 25, 2007 Excellency, I am writing on behalf of Canadian Journalists for Free Expression […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ blasts Bangladesh authorities’ censorship of Himal Southasian The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has criticised moves by Bangladesh authorities to censor sections of the May edition of Himal Southasian, a monthly political magazine. According to Himal Southasian, the latest issue of the magazine was only […]

(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Bangladesh: Release Journalist and Rights Activist Army Arrests Tasneem Khalil of Human Rights Watch (London, May 11, 2007) – Bangladesh’s military-backed care-taker government should immediately release Tasneem Khalil, an investigative journalist and part-time Human Rights Watch consultant, who was detained by security forces late […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: TV journalist in Bangladesh claims threat from police commander New York, May 4, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled by a claim that a television journalist was threatened by an elite police force commander after reporting on a police raid on the home […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 March 2007 CPJ press release: Bangladeshi journalist released on bail after a week in jail New York, March 28, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release on bail Tuesday of Daily Star reporter E.A.M. Asaduzzaman Tipu, who was jailed last week in the northern Bangladesh […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 March 2007 CPJ press release: In Bangladesh, reporter jailed for reporting on local mismanagement New York, March 26, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists called for the immediate release of Daily Star reporter E.A.M. Asaduzzaman Tipu, who was jailed in the northern Bangladesh district of Nilphamari on […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced concern about the preliminary findings of the autopsy and police investigation into the death of Jamal Uddin, a reporter for the news agency Abas and local newspaper “Dainik Giri Darpan”, in the southeastern district of Rangamati. The authorities are saying it was suicide, but Uddin’s colleagues insist that […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has called for the release of three imprisoned journalists. The security forces have in recent days arrested the publisher of the national daily “Janakantha” and two local journalists. Both police and the army have been making use of emergency laws. “We are worried that the security forces are confusing the […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ demands immediate investigation into death of a journalist in Bangladesh The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) strongly condemns the murder of Bangladeshi journalist Jamal Uddin by unknown assailants. While it remains unknown if the murder is connected to Jamal Uddin’s journalistic work, the IFJ demands […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 March 2007 CPJ press release: In Bangladesh, editor of outspoken daily arrested in military raid New York, March 8, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is troubled by the arrest of Atiqullah Khan Masud, editor and publisher of the popular Bengali-language daily Janakantha, in a military raid […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 February 2007 CPJ press release: Two Bangladeshi TV stations off-air after fatal fire New York, February 26, 2007 – At least three people were killed and more than 100 people were injured today as a fire tore through a Dhaka office building housing private television stations NTV and […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 26 January 2007 CPJ press release: CPJ urges Bangladesh to rescind emergency media rules New York, January 26, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is greatly concerned about new regulations imposed by the Bangladeshi interim government that severely restrict news reporting. The Emergency Powers Rules of 2007, announced […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has condemned the interim government head’s decision to impose general censorship on the news media following an 11 January 2007 verbal order to radio and TV stations to stop broadcasting news programmes. Journalists have also been prevented from circulating freely in Dhaka. “The desire to extricate Bangladesh from the current […]

(CJFE/IFEX) – The following is an 11 January 2007 CJFE media release: Canadian Journalists for Free Expression concerned about media restrictions in Bangladesh (Toronto, January 11, 2007) – President Iajuddin Ahmed of Bangladesh declared a nationwide state of emergency on Thursday evening, suspending fundamental rights including the right to free expression. He then stepped down […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 January 2007 CPJ press release: CPJ alarmed by censorship during Bangladesh political crisis New York, January 11, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by orders from the Bangladeshi Information Ministry that private broadcast outlets suspend news programs and print outlets halt critical news coverage during […]