Press freedom groups demand release of Bangladeshi journalist
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reprieve, Index of Censorship, Reporters Without Borders and 21 other international press freedom organisations demand the immediate release of UK-Bangladeshi journalist, Shafik Rehman, who has been in police custody...
Online journalists arrested in Bangladesh for ‘false news’
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) express concerns over the arrest of three online journalists and the cancellation of all press accreditation of journalists for ‘allegedly publishing false news...
Mass shutdown of Bangladeshi news websites
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in expressing serious concerns over arbitrary blocking of 35 news sites. The IFJ demands immediate withdrawal of the imposed blocks and urges the Bangladesh...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: July, 2016
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on August 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: May, 2016
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on June 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from...
Round-table meeting in Bangladesh to mark WPFD
The Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sambadik Forum (BMSF) organized Round-Table meeting on World Press Freedom Day 2016 at National Press Club, Dhaka, Bangladesh on call of the IFJ. The participants of the meeting discuss on Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms and...
The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16 report released
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day by releasing The Road to Resilience: Press Freedom in South Asia 2015-16. The 14th annual report documents the press freedom situation,...
Bangladesh: Beleaguered Bloggers
“Perhaps it is better to die than to live with your head down,” said Nazimuddin Samad, an atheist blogger. His words were almost prophetic. Samad, 28 a student of law at the Jagannath University in the capital Dhaka, was the most recent victim of the violent rejection...
Where Bangladesh is heading?
Bangladesh is probably passing through one of its most fragile hours since its inception by walking in a pitch-black tunnel with no ray of light to be seen on either sides. After a brief period of continuous assassinations of foreigners, progressive bloggers, writers...
Editor of Bangladesh’s first LBGTI magazine hacked to death
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the murder of the editor of the country’s first and only LBGTI magazine in Dhaka on April 25. The IFJ demands immediate action from the Bangladeshi...
OTHER NEWS
Invisible bars
On the guise of clamping down on religious extremism, Bangladesh has often shutdown the Internet. But this causes more misinformation and speculation, says Sam Jahan. I had to re-write this essay several times: to remain safe. You may wonder why. I will explain soon....
Bangladeshi journalists to be monitored abroad
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) express serious concerns over the government’s instruction to its missions abroad to monitor activities of all traveling Bangladeshi journalists. The IFJ believes...
Bangladeshi editor arrested on allegations of fabricated news
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the arrest of an editor under the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 1. The IFJ demands immediate withdrawal of...
New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17 report released
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) marked World Press Freedom Day 2017 today by releasing “New Fronts, Brave Voices: Press Freedom in South Asia 2016-17”. The 15th edition of the annual report...
Bangladesh court convicts six for photojournalist’s murder
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) welcome the verdict of a Bangladesh court to convict six accused in the murder of photojournalist Aftab Ahmed in 2013. The IFJ demands that justice is delivered as...
Exposing police corruption gets Bangladeshi journalist arrested
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) express serious concern over the arrest of Binoy Krishna Mallik, the former vice-president of the Jessore Press Club and a rights activist in Bangladesh on March...
Police inaction in suspicious ‘hit-and-run’ in Bangladesh
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) express concern over Bangladesh Police’s refusal to register a case in a suspicious hit-and-run incident involving a journalist in Dhaka. The IFJ demands immediate...