Articles by Media Watch
Eight journalists attacked
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 26 September 2001 Media Watch press release: Today, eight newsmen, including the local press club secretary, were injured in the northern district town of Pabna in an attack launched by terrorists in the Mondutosh area, Bhangura upazilla. A witness said a gang of terrorists, allegedly led by Parbhangura […]
Twenty IFEX members sign appeal urging Bangladeshi leaders to take steps to ensure the security of journalists ahead of elections
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a joint action signed by twenty IFEX members, urging government and major party leaders in Bangladesh to take steps to guarantee journalists’ security ahead of elections in the country: APPEAL TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH AND POLITICAL LEADERS The Bangladeshi journalists’ community has known great difficulties over the last […]
Journalist attacked
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 9 August 2001 Media Watch press release: Journalist attacked Bulu Sharif, the Magura (district town of south-western Bangladesh) correspondent for the daily Jugantor, was seriously injured when a group of thugs linked to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) attacked him on the night of 7 August. The journalist […]
Journalists fear for their lives
(Media Watch/IFEX) – The following is a 30 July 2001 Media Watch press release: JOURNALISTS FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES During the previous governmentâs rule, which ended a five-year term on 15 July 2001, journalists in Gouranadi, in the Barisal District (southern part of Bangladesh), were often tortured by militants, mainly belonging to the Awami League […]
Journalist’s house target of bomb attack
(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 […]
Journalist killed
(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 […]
Editor verbally attacked
(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). […]
Sixteen people charged in murder of journalist
(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 […]