by SAMSN Admin | Feb 20, 2017 | Attack, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
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...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 11, 2017 | Bangladesh, Impunity, Killing, SAMSN Blog
Despite assurances of speedy justice, investigation into the brutal murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi continues to languish, says Saleem Samad Justice is long overdue in the sensational murder of Sagar Sarowar, news editor of private network...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 4, 2017 | Bangladesh, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) have today strongly condemned the killing of Abdul Hakin Shimul, a journalist who died after being shot in Sirajganj, northern Bangladesh during political clashes....
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 2, 2017 | Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today launched the IFJ list of journalists and media staff killed in 2016, documenting the deaths of colleagues killed in the line of duty. In the Asia-Pacific region, 28 journalists were brutally murdered in 2016, an...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 31, 2017 | Attack, Bangladesh, Media Rights Violations, Release
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Bangladesh Manobadhikar Sangbadik Forum (BMSF) strongly condemn the beating of two television journalists inside a police station in Dhaka, Bangladesh on January 26. The IFJ demands punishment to the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jan 4, 2017 | Bangladesh, Freedom of Expression, SAMSN Blog
In Bangladesh, speaking the truth to power attracts jail sentences, not Pulitzer prizes, says Sam Jahan. Most people I meet in Bangladesh try their best to absorb the fact of my working as a full-time journalist in the country. “But why?” they ask. I have...
