Two journalists receive death threats, press club members threatened
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is an 18 March 2002 Media Watch press release: JOURNALISTS RECEIVE DEATH THREATS Two journalists have received death threats in two separate incidents. In a third incident, terrorists entered the premises of a press club and openly threatened journalists. 1. Tuhin Aronnaya, Meherpur district correspondent for the daily Prothom Alo, […]
Journalists receive death threats
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: JOURNALISTS RECEIVE DEATH THREATS Terrorists believed to be supporters of the ruling party have sent death threats to Jamaluddin, a staff reporter for the daily Manavzamin, and Bakhtiar Islam Munna, a correspondent for the daily Ittefaq, both of whom work in the Feni district. […]
Journalist receives death threats, newspaper office attacked
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: JOURNALIST RECEIVES DEATH THREAT / NEWSPAPER OFFICE ATTACKED 1. Terrorists have issued death threats against Moktar Hossain, correspondent in Khulna for the daily Bhorer Dak, published in Dhaka. According to a general diary filed with the Khulna thana [police station] on 9 March 2002, […]
Journalist receives death threats
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 9 March 2002 Media Watch press release: JOURNALIST UNDER THREAT Another journalist has received death threats from a group of terrorists. The threats are believed to originate with the active leader of the Chattra League, the student wing of the opposition Awami League. Tareq Murtaza, the Dhaka University […]
Journalist receives death threats, another threatened by government official
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT / Journalists Protest At least one journalist has received death threats from a group of terrorists and another journalist was threatened by a government bureaucrat. In a separate incident, journalists staged a protest against a provocative remark by a ruling party […]
CPJ condemns murder of journalist Harunur Rashid
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 4 March 2002 letter to Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, CPJ condemned the recent murder of journalist Harunur Rashid. The organization urged her to ensure that the murder investigation is conducted in a thorough and impartial manner. On the evening of 2 March, Rashid, a reporter for the daily newspaper “Dainik […]
Journalist receives death threat, another assaulted
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 4 March 2002 Media Watch press release: JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT / PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED At least one journalist has received death threats from a group of terrorists who are believed to be members of the ruling party in Chittagong. Another journalist was physically assaulted in the southern district of […]
Charges filed against journalist Nahar Ali’s killers
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 2 March 2002 Media Watch press release: Journalist Nahar Ali killing: charge-sheet submitted After completion of a 10-month investigation, police have submitted a charge-sheet against 16 terrorists for the killing of journalist Nahar Ali of Khulna. On 17 April 2001, miscreants kidnapped journalist Nahar Ali from his Dumuria […]
Journalist killed, three suspects arrested
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following alert was compiled from Media Watch press releases dated 2 and 3 March 2002: Harunur Rashid (alias Khokan), a senior staff reporter from the daily “Dainik Purbanchal”, was shot dead on Saturday 2 March 2002, at around 8:00 p.m. (local time), by unidentified assailants in the southern divisional headquarters of […]
Journalists receive death threats
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: 27 February 2002 JOURNALISTS UNDER THREAT At least two journalists receive death threats from members of the ruling party in different parts of the country. 1. A K M Musharraf Hussain, the Jamalpur district correspondent for the daily “Ittefaq”, which has the widest circulation, […]
“Newsweek” magazine censored
(RSF/IFEX) – In letters to Bangladeshi Information Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan and Indonesian Information Minister H. Syamsul Mu’arif, respectively, RSF protested over the censorship of the most recent issue of the weekly magazine “Newsweek”. “Aware that the representation of Muslim prophets is forbidden, our organisation nevertheless considers that the censorship of this international magazine is […]
Journalist targeted in bomb attack
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 7 February 2002 CPJ press release: Bangladeshi Journalist Targeted in Bomb Attack New York, February 7, 2002-On February 5, explosions from several homemade bombs rocked the area surrounding the Chittagong Press Club, where journalist Shahriar Kabir was attending a reception to celebrate his release on bail. One bystander was […]
Energy minister orders journalist’s arrest; four other reporters threatened, assaulted by BNP members
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister for Information Abdul Moyeen Khan, RSF protested the arrest of journalist Aminul Islam Chowdhury. “The behaviour of the energy minister, who apparently intervened to have the journalist arrested, is unworthy of a democratic government,” stated RSF Secretary-General Robert Ménard. The organisation asked the information minister to consult with […]
Journalist Shahriar Kabir released on bail
(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 21 January 2002 RSF press release: Shahriar Kabir released on bail Reporters Without Borders (RSF) asks that journalist’s “sedition” indictment be lifted After spending two months in custody, journalist and human rights activist Shahriar Kabir was released on bail from the Dhaka prison on 20 January 2002. His release […]
“Dainik Janakantha” newspaper harassed by authorities
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter sent to Information Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan, RSF expressed its concern over government pressure on “Dainik Janakantha” newspaper. “Withdrawing government advertising, shutting down the print facility’s electricity, jailing one of the newspaper’s staff members and failing to punish attacks against the independent paper’s journalists all constitute proof that the government […]
Journalists threatened, attacked
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: Bangladeshi journalists celebrated the New Year faced with threats that they would be killed, abducted or attacked because of their profession 1. Kamal Uddin, Chagalnaiya correspondent for the daily Ittefaq, escaped a kidnapping attempt and took shelter at the local police station. A 1 […]