Bangladesh, Khulna
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13 May 2020Bangladesh: Daily newspaper staff charged under Digital Security Act
Country Bangladesh State Khulna Violation Type Law Target Media Staff
Maqbool Hossain’s nephew, Sabuj Hossain filed a case at Gangni Police Station in Gangni Upazila against Meherpur Pratidin publisher Emon Ahmed, editor Yadul Momin, and joint editor Al Amin on May 13 for the newspaper’s report on a property dispute.
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3 May 2020Bangladesh: Missing journalist found near border and re-arrested
Country Bangladesh State Khulna Violation Type Arrest/Detainment Target Journalist
Shafiqul Islam Kajol, a photojournalist who had been missing for nearly two months, was arrested on World Press Freedom Day, May 3, by Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) who claim that he was found illegally trespassing the border from India.
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22 Jul 2018Mahmudur Rahman
Country Bangladesh State Khulna Violation Type Attack Target Journalist
Mahmudur Rahman, editor for Amar Desh Daily was brutally attacked by a mob of more than 100 supposed affiliates of the Bangladesh Chhatra league, the youth wing of the ruling Awami League. Rahman had been confined to the courthouse where he was facing defamation charges, despite having been granted bail, over fears of the mob violence which awaited him outside. When he finally left, he and his car were attacked; he then sought shelter in an advocate’s room where he was beaten. Fearing reprisals, he decided not to treat his injuries in a local hospital and flew to Dhaka. The case concerned supposed defamatory remarks Rahman had made about former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in 2017. The Amar Desh is considered an opposition-aligned paper.