

Ruling party activists attack journalists and printing press
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 31 May 2006 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Party activists attack journalists and printing press New York, May 31, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is appalled by attacks on journalists and a newspaper in the town of Kushtia in western Bangladesh. Witnesses told local media that about 20 […]

IFJ condemns violent attack on journalists by ruling party
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: May 31, 2006 IFJ condemns violent attack on journalists by Bangladesh’s ruling party The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns a violent attack in which at least 25 journalists were injured by members of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) during a demonstration protesting the harassment […]

Journalists injured as ruling party activists attack demonstration
(RSF/IFEX) – Twenty-five journalists were injured on 29 May 2006 when members of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) attacked a demonstration in the western city of Kushtia by journalists protesting against the violence and threats many of them have received there. “We call on BNP activists to immediately refrain from further acts of violence […]

Ruling party uses force to stop conference on press freedom
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has deplored threats by a ruling party MP and his supporters that forced the cancellation of a conference about press freedom and demanded a public apology from him. The conference, planned for 13 April 2006 in Debidwar (Comilla district, east of Dacca), was called off after threats from Bangladesh Nationalist […]

CAPSULE REPORT: IFJ concerned about violations of media freedom, violence and harassment of journalists
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ capsule report: Violence continues against the media in Bangladesh The political, religious and social fractures that divide Bangladesh today have produced a hazardous environment in which human rights and media freedom are frequently violated, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). The IFJ has concerns for journalists’ safety […]

Journalist survives murder attempt; 11 others beaten
(RSF/IFEX) – A journalist survived a murder attempt on 1 March 2006 when his university bedroom was torched in Savarnear, central Bangladesh. Two days later, 11 journalists were beaten at a press conference by members of the ruling party’s youth movement, in Sharishabari in the northwest. RSF urged the authorities, particularly the Interior Ministry, to […]

Editor awaiting sedition trial receives death threat, health deteriorates
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: CPJ disturbed by journalist’s sedition trial New York, March 3, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by sedition charges pending against Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, editor of the tabloid weekly Blitz. Choudhury, who spent 17 months in jail before his release […]

Journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Chaudhury to stand trial for sedition
(WiPC/IFEX) – The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN has been informed that the trial of journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Chaudhury is to start in early March 2006. Chaudhury was arrested on 29 November 2003 and charged with sedition for his critical writings. He was released on bail on 2 May 2005. The […]

Two journalists target of bomb attack
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 February 2006 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Government must investigate bomb attack on two journalists New York, February 17, 2006 – The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Bangladeshi authorities to fully investigate the bomb attack on Mahfuz Mamun and Babul Ahmed, writers for the daily Dainik Mathabhanga. Media […]

CAPSULE REPORT: Wave of Islamist terror sweeps over press at year’s end
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 27 December 2005 RSF capsule report: A wave of Islamist terror sweeps over Bangladeshi press at year’s end Reporters Without Borders and the Bangladesh Centre for the Development of Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) voiced deep concern today about a mounting wave of Islamist terrorism in Bangladesh and its impact […]

Media Watch releases report on torture, killing, harassment of journalists in 2005
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 1 January 2006 Media Watch press release: Bangladesh – 2005 The year 2005 was one of torture and repression for journalists in Bangladesh, as documented by Media Watch’s monitoring report published 1 January 2006. The report indicates that at least 370 journalists were tortured in 2005, while three […]

Islamic militants issue more death threats against journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 December 2005 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Journalists threatened by Islamic militants New York, December 8, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by death threats from a banned Islamic group against journalists in four towns and cities in Bangladesh. Local media and CPJ sources said Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen […]

Journalists receive death threats from Islamist militant group
(Media Watch/IFEX) On December 6 2005, the banned Islamist militant outfit Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) threatened to bomb the Chittagong Press Club (CPC) and to kill twenty-two journalists working in the city. Chittagong is the largest port city of the country, located 264 kilometers from the capital of Dhaka. The death threat, in the form […]

Surge in political violence takes its toll on the press
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced deep concern over a dramatic deterioration in the security situation in Bangladesh and its impact on the press after three journalists were injured in an Islamist bombing, two reporters were beaten by police, a newspaper correspondent was threatened by the head of a madrassa and a minister’s supporters […]

Three journalists injured in bomb attack
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Three journalists among those injured in bomb attack New York, December 1, 2005 – Three journalists were among at least 29 people injured today in a bombing near a court building north of the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, international news organizations reported. At least one person […]

Journalist’s writing may have provoked murder
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 November 2005 IFJ media release: Journalist found murdered in his office in Bangladesh The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has grave concerns over the violence that continues to dominate the lives of journalists in Bangladesh, following the death of the fourth journalist in the country this year. On […]