Bangladesh, Chittagong

Mithun Mostafiz, Mohsin Chowdhury, & Ahadul Islam Babu

Country Bangladesh  State Chittagong  Violation Type Attack  Target Journalist

Three journalists including assignment editor, Mithun Mostafiz, Mohsin Chowdhury, Chittagong bureau chief and photojournalist Ahadul Islam Babu, of the privately-run Boishakhi television channel were attacked. The trio were attacks as they were recording footage of an illegal hill cutting process in the city’s Khulshi area. The process of hill cutting includes cutting into the hills around the port city of Chittagong for residential developments. The process is illegal and detrimental to the local environment, as well as creating safety hazards for those living at the bottom of the hills.