Journalist Rights
-
Bangladesh: Confession from youth arrested in journalist’s murder
Mymensingh, Bangladesh — In a shocking act of violence, 65-year-old journalist Swapan Kumar Bhadra was brutally murdered outside his home in Mymensingh on Saturday, October 12, 2024. The attack…
-
Cyberattack targets ‘Bangladesh Media Monitor’ after exposing journalistic misconduct
The Facebook page of Bangladesh Media Monitor, a Malaysia-based non-profit organization, has recently come under a cyberattack, confirmed by the organization’s Editor. In an interview with The Rummage, Bangladesh…
-
Controversial Cyber Security Act faces incremental amendments, not abrogation, as Bangladesh confronts mounting dissent
Dhaka, Bangladesh – The interim government of Bangladesh has officially declared its intention to amend the highly contentious Cyber Security Act (CSA) of 2023, rather than repealing it entirely….
-
Israeli airstrikes target media, killing two Journalists in Lebanon
In a series of deadly airstrikes, Israel has targeted media outlets in southern Lebanon, resulting in the deaths of two prominent Lebanese journalists. Photojournalist Kamel Karaki, working for Al-Manar…
-
IPI urges action as Journalists in Somalia face escalating threats
The International Press Institute (IPI) has issued a renewed plea to Somali authorities, urging them to address the persistent impunity surrounding attacks on journalists in the country. Press freedom…
-
Journalism under siege in southeastern Bangladesh: A struggle for truth amidst conflict
In the Chittagong Hill Tracts of southeastern Bangladesh—comprising Rangamati, Bandarban, and Khagrachari—journalists are facing mounting threats in the midst of longstanding tensions between indigenous communities and Bengali settlers. Disputes…
-
After the Bangladesh Journalist murder: Perpetrators Safe, family lives in fear and threats
Journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim was brutally murdered under the order of former Bangladesh government Awami League’s political leader Mahmudul Alam Babu, on June 14, 2023. Despite the name of…
-
Bangladesh media conglomerate withholds salaries of 183 Journalists
Bangladesh one of the largest media conglomerate East-West Media Group sister concern of Bashundhara Group has withheld the salaries of 183 journalists from its three media outlets—Daily Kaler Kantho,…
-
Bangladesh journalist Rahanuma Sarah’s mysterious death: Suicide or Murder?
Rahanuma Sarah, a newsroom editor at Bangladesh’s Gazi TV, a Bengali-language satellite and cable television channel, was found dead in a lake in Dhaka. Her body was found floating…
-
Bangladeshi court allows detention of 2 journalists: Human rights groups express deep concern
A court in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka permitted police to interrogate two journalists in their custody for four days in connection to the killing of a garment worker. Dhaka Metropolitan…
