Journalist killed
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 17 November 2005 Media Watch press release: Journalist Killed Faridpur District Bureau chief and staff correspondent of the daily “Samakal”, Gautam Das, 28, was strangled to death at his office Thursday. His legs and hand were found fractured and a nylon rope was tied around his neck. Hasanuzzaman, […]
Journalists’ union accuses government of sabotaging convention
(Media Watch/IFEX) – On 10 November 2005, the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) accused the government of orchestrating the cancellation of the venue reservation for the national convention of journalists scheduled for 11 November, in the name of “security reasons.” This reflects the government’s “undemocratic and unfriendly behaviour towards journalists,” BFUJ leaders said at […]
CAPSULE REPORT: IFJ concerned about repeated attacks on the press by BNP and militant organisations
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Repeated attacks on press in Bangladesh The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, is deeply concerned about repeated attacks on the press in Bangladesh by both the ruling coalition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and militant organisations. “The current situation […]
Journalists targeted after parliamentarian calls for violence against them
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced outrage over the recent assaults on several journalists after a member of parliament from the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Shahidul Alam Talukder, made a hate-filled speech against the press in which he called for violence against them. Members of the BNP seized and viciously beat Anwar Hossain, a journalist […]
Islamic militants behind death threats to journalists in Satkhira
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 September 2005 CPJ press release: Islamic militants threaten Bangladeshi journalists New York, September 8, 2005 — Islamic militants have threatened to kill nine journalists in southern Bangladesh unless they stop reporting on the activities of three groups calling for the establishment of an Islamic state through “armed revolution.” […]
Nine journalists in Satkhira receive death threats
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Death threats against Bangladesh journalists must stop, says IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, condemns ongoing threats against journalists in Bangladesh and calls on authorities to immediately take action. On September 4, nine newspaper journalists in Satkhira […]
Eight journalists receive death threats
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ concerned about political targeting of journalists The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, is deeply concerned about threats made against journalists for reporting politically sensitive issues. “Continued threats of attacks on journalists and their families to prevent the […]
Journalist beaten with cane by ruling party parliamentarian
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced outrage at the action of a parliamentary representative of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in beating Manjur Morshed, the correspondent of a national daily, with a cane on 9 August 2005 in the southern city of Baufal. The attack left the journalist seriously injured. The legislator’s supporters also attacked […]
Violent attack on photojournalist leaves him hospitalised
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Continuing assaults on journalists in Bangladesh unacceptable, says IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today condemned the violent attack on a Bangladesh photojournalist by representatives of the political party BNP. A photojournalist for the local daily Ajker […]
Journalists receive death threats, charged with extortion after reporting on ruling party corruption and violence; IFJ calls for journalists to be protected and charges dropped
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release July 25, 2005 IFJ demands charges be dropped against journalists in Bangladesh The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today called for the Supreme Court of Bangladesh to resist political pressure after five journalists critical of the ruling Bangladesh […]
Ruling party supporters assault journalist, threaten three others
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Continuing assaults on journalists in Bangladesh unacceptable, says IFJ The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today condemned an attack on journalists by political activists in Bangladesh. “Attacks and threats to journalists by those who do not like their […]
Violent attacks on the press continue
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 14 July 2005 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Violent attacks on the press continue New York, July 14, 2005 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned by a recent series of violent attacks on journalists in Bangladesh, including a gang assault on a reporter inside a local press […]
Intelligence agents beat up nine newspaper photographers
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has voiced outrage over the beatings meted out to nine photographers with national daily newspapers by members of Bangladesh’s National Security Intelligence (NSI) on 7 July 2005 in Dhaka. All of the photographers were injured, three of them seriously. “This use of violence is a scandalous and inexcusable violation of press freedom,” […]
Violence against the press on the rise
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 2 June 2005 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Violence against the press on the rise New York, June 2, 2005 – Police, political leaders, and criminals violently attacked over a dozen journalists in five separate incidents across Bangladesh in recent days. On May 26, a criminal gang attacked Manunur Rashid […]
Editor of daily newspaper stabbed to death
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Journalist murdered: another attack on free speech in Bangladesh The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is appalled to hear of the latest journalist killing in Bangladesh. Golam Mahfuz, 39, editor of Comilla Muktakantha daily newspaper, was stabbed to death early on Monday, May 31, 2005 in […]
Journalists targets of growing violence
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has urged the authorities to do their utmost to investigate growing attacks and threats to journalists including one in which three men marched a journalist to a cemetery at gunpoint and tried to bury him alive. “It is essential that the instigators of these abuses be punished so that journalists can again […]