Bangladesh

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: Bomb attack on journalist’s house At midday on 29 July, assailants attacked the house of Al Amin Shahrior, correspondent for the daily “Manavjamin”, in Bhola (a district town in southern Bangladesh), with a hand-made bomb. No one was injured as a result of the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter addressed to the caretaker government chief, Justice Latifur Rahman, RSF expressed its indignation after the murder of Ahsan Ali, correspondent for the newspaper “Dainik Jugantor” in Rupganj (south Dhaka). RSF called on the government chief to do everything in his power to assist the police in identifying the murderers. “The […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: JOURNALIST KILLED Police recovered the body of a Rupgonj Thana correspondent of the daily Jugantor from a canal in the Gandhapur area of Rupgonj Thana yesterday morning, (July 22, 2001). The victim was identified as Ahsan Ali (age 40), son of Idu Mia, and […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Information Minister Abu Sayeed, RSF protested the ban imposed on mobile phone operator GrameenPhone, forbidding the company from providing news from private newspapers to mobile phones. RSF asked the minister to rescind his decision and allow the phone operators to send news from independent media. “This decision, which deprives […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – Ruling Awami League lawmaker Joynal Abedin Hazari, known as “the terrorist godfather” in Feni, verbally assaulted the daily “Prothom Alo” and other newspapers for writing about his misdeeds, including an assault on journalist Tipu Sultan in January 2001 (see IFEX alerts of 25 and 24 April, 29 March and 1 February 2001). […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Bangladeshi Minister of Home Affairs Mohammad Nasim, RSF expressed its concern about the new wave of violence against the press, and notably about the implication of Awami League (ruling party) militants in these attacks. The organisation asked the minister to do everything possible to identify and punish those responsible […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 21 May 2001 Media Watch press release: Sixteen persons were charged yesterday for killing journalist Shamsur Rahman, more then ten months after the journalist’s dramatic murder in a terrorist attack. CID police submitted the long-awaited charges against 16 persons at the court of first class magistrate Jahanara Begum […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: In two separate incidents, terrorist groups threatened two journalists in two district towns of the country. 1. A terrorist group threatened to cut off the legs of Qamruzzaman Sohel, Faridpur district correspondent for the daily Manavjamin. Manavjamin recently serialised an investigative report on Faridpur’s […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: A terrorist group stabbed Rashed Anwar, news editor of the daily Prothom Rajdhani, published in the southwestern district town Chuadanga. He was immediately admitted to a local hospital in critical condition. The incident happened yesterday (May 13, 2001) afternoon when Anwar was on his […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 12 May 2001 Media Watch press release: Four correspondents of the daily Prothom Alo were recently threatened after reporting on various activities. Police were informed of the situation, but the journalists still do not feel safe to carry out their professional work normally. On its front page today, […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: A photojournalist was kidnapped by terrorists and finally released two hours later, after the journalist agreed to their conditions. The incident took place in the Eastern divisional town of Sylhet on Monday, May 7, 2001. Photojournalist Iqbal Mansoor, who works for the local daily […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: Another journalist escaped a kidnapped attempt last night (6 May 2001) in the South Western district of Kushtia. The kidnappers targeted Nazmul Imam, district correspondent for Manavjamin, as he was returning from the office of the local daily Kushtia to his courtpapra’s home. At […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 5 May 2001 Media Watch press release: While media around the world, including in Bangladesh, observed World Press Freedom Day, a journalist in Feni (a district town of Bangladesh) was attacked by a local politician’s henchmen, who broke one of his arms. A few weeks ago, Shaidul Alam […]

(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a Media Watch press release: FREEDOM OF PRESS: BANGLADESH UPDATE Media Watch Press Release on May 3, 2001 Since 1996, six journalists have been killed in Bangladesh and one was kidnapped and is still missing. No final judgement has been made in any of the killings. On 28 April, […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 24 April 2001 letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, CPJ stated that it is greatly alarmed by the frequency and severity of violent attacks against journalists in Bangladesh, and urged her government to take immediate action to ensure that these crimes are prosecuted vigorously. In the past week alone, one journalist […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Home Affairs Mohammad Nasim, RSF expressed its indignation after the killing of a journalist in the south of the country and the attempted assassination of a “Dainik Janakantha” correspondent. “We note that you visited the Dhaka hospital where Prabir Shikder is under treatment and we hope that […]