TV presenter slaughtered in Bangladesh

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 28, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) deplore the slaughter murder of a television host in Dhaka on Wednesday night, August 27. Maolana Nurul Islam Farooqi, who hosted two programs, Shantir Pothe and...

Bangladesh police beat TV journalist

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 28, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) condemn the beating of a journalist by police in Kushtia in Khulna district in Western Bangladesh on Tuesday, August 26. According to reports, Akhil Poddar, a...

Journalist arrested over news in Bangladesh

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 21, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobodhikar Sambadhik Forum (BMSF) in demanding the immediate release of journalist Rabiullah Robi arrested on August 19, accused of violating religious sentiment. Robi, news editor of the...

IFJ and BMSF concerned over the worsening safety conditions for journalists

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 20, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobodhikari Sambadhik Forum (BMSF) strongly condemn an attack this week on a senior journalist in Barisal city amid a climate of declining safety for media workers in Bangladesh. Pulack Chatterjee,...

IFJ calls for further consultation on new Bangladesh broadcast policy

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 11, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF), the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) in cautiously welcoming the Bangladesh government’s initiative to...

Bangladesh Journalist attacked with harpoon at home

by SAMSN Admin | Aug 3, 2014 | Bangladesh, Countries, Reaching Out, Release

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) in condemning the attack on journalist Nasrul Anwar on August 2. Anwar, a staff reporter for the Bangla-language daily Kaler Kantho, was attacked by an...