CPJ releases special report on the media in Bangladesh
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 24 May 2004 CPJ press release: CPJ RELEASES REPORT ON BANGLADESH New York May 24, 2004 – The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today released a special report on the media in Bangladesh titled “Culture of Violence.” The article, written by Asia Program Coordinator Abi Wright, appears in the […]
International PEN concerned that journalist is being detained for his writings
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN is seriously concerned about the detention of journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Chaudhury, who has been held since 29 November 2003 on espionage charges. Chaudhury is known for his work to improve relations between Muslim countries and Israel, and it is widely believed that his detention is connected to […]
Journalist charged with “murder” after refusing to hand over incriminating photographs
(RSF/IFEX) – A photojournalist has been charged with “murder” after refusing to hand over photographs to police. The photographs he took showed police firing at demonstrators at a polling station, killing two of them. On 10 May 2004, freelance journalist Aurobindo Pal was arrested by police in Mymensingh district, northern Bangladesh, after refusing to hand […]
Journalist attacked
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 April 2004 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Journalist attacked New York, April 29, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns Tuesday’s vicious attack on Sumi Khan, a crime reporter with the newsmagazine Weekly 2000, who was knifed during an apparent kidnapping attempt in the southeastern port city of Chittagong. […]
CPJ condemns shooting of correspondent
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 April 2004 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Journalist injured in shooting New York, April 7, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the shooting of Delwar Hossain, correspondent of the Bangla-language daily Jugantor, who was attacked in the capital, Dhaka, on the afternoon of Sunday, April 4. Hossain was […]
Journalist seriously wounded in assassination attempt
(RSF/IFEX) – On 4 April 2004, journalist Delwar Hossain, a local correspondent for the daily “Jugantor”, was seriously wounded in the head and back after two unidentified youths fired several gunshots at him in Keraniganj, a southern district of the capital, Dacca. According to eyewitnesses, Hossain was talking to a salesman at the offices of […]
ARTICLE 19 analyses freedom of information draft law
(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) -The following is a 17 March 2004 ARTICLE 19 press release: ARTICLE 19 ANALYSES BANGLADESH FOI DRAFT ARTICLE 19 has published an analysis of the Working Paper on the Proposed Right to Information Act 2002, prepared by the Law Commission of the Republic of Bangladesh (1). ARTICLE 19 welcomes the draft as a […]
Journalist receives death threats
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 17 March 2004 letter that was sent to Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia and to Home Affairs Minister Altaf Hossain Chowdhury: Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia Office of the Prime Minister Gona Bhaban Sher-e Bangla Nagar Dhaka, Bangladesh Fax: +880 2 811 3243 / 3244 / 1015 / 1490 […]
Writer in a coma following attack, his family reportedly receiving threats
(WiPC/IFEX) – The WiPC of International PEN strongly condemns the 27 February 2004 attack on leading Bangladeshi writer and lecturer Humayun Azad by unidentified assailants. The attack is believed to be in connection with the publication of his recent novel “Pak Sar Zamin Saad Baad”, a story based on religious groups in Bangladesh that collaborated […]
CPJ urges government to end cycle of violence against journalists
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CPJ URGES BANGLADESH GOVERNMENT TO END CYCLE OF VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS Dhaka, March 5, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today called upon the government of Bangladesh to vigorously investigate and prosecute all those who murder, assault, or threaten the country’s journalists, in order to end […]
Journalists attacked
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 3 March 2004 CPJ press release: JOURNALISTS ATTACKED IN BANGLADESH Dhaka, March 3, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns yesterday’s violent attacks on at least two journalists covering a student demonstration at Dhaka University. The March 2 demonstration turned violent after police broke up a group of students, […]
Local newspaper editor arrested; several other journalists receive death threats
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF and the Bangladesh Centre for Development, Journalism and Communication (BCDJC) have called on Bangladesh’s interior minister and other authorities to obtain the release of a journalist who was arrested without a warrant in the southeastern town of Cox’s Bazar on 14 February 2004. Abdul Mahbud Mahu, of the local daily “Ajker Desh […]
Journalist brutally assaulted by ruling party supporters
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 February 2004 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: Journalist attacked New York, February 11, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the brutal assault on Iqbal Hasan, the local correspondent of the daily Janakantha. On Monday, February 9, armed supporters of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) attacked the journalist […]
Eleven journalists receive death threats
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 February 2004 CPJ press release: BANGLADESH: 11 journalists threatened New York, February 11, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is gravely concerned about the safety of 11 journalists based in the northwestern city of Rajshahi who have received death threats from an underground communist group. On February 7, […]
Underground Maoist group admits to killing journalist and threatens nine others with death
(RSF/IFEX) – An underground Maoist organisation has claimed responsibility for the murder of BBC stringer Manik Saha on 15 January 2004. The journalist died instantly when attackers threw a bomb at his rickshaw in Khulna, southwestern Bangladesh. In a letter attributed to the group’s leader, the group also threatened to kill nine other journalists in […]
BBC stringer killed in bomb attack
(RSF/IFEX) – Manik Shaha, a correspondent for the daily “New Age” and a stringer for the Bengali service of the BBC World Service, was killed on 15 January 2004 when a home-made bomb was thrown at him in Khulna, southwestern Bangladesh. Eight journalists have been killed in this region of the country over the past […]