Bangladesh, Rangpur
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22 Apr 2020Bangladesh: Politician charges media under Digital Security Act
Country Bangladesh State Rangpur Violation Type Law Target Media Staff
A politician has accused media workers who shared a story on the alleged misappropriation of Covid-19 relief rice in Bangladesh of breaching the Digital Security Act.
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13 Mar 2020Bangladesh: Journalist convicted after midnight raid
Country Bangladesh State Rangpur Violation Type Censorship Target Journalist
Kurigram based journalist, Ariful Islam was arrested at midnight on March 13 and sentenced within a few hours by a “mobile court”.
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23 Dec 2015Mashiur Rahman Utsho
Country Bangladesh State Rangpur Violation Type Killing Target Journalist
30-year-old journalist Mashiur Rahman Utsho was found dead on Wednesday, December 23 in Rangpur city in Bangladesh. Utsho was a staff reporter at the Juger Alo daily. On 23 december in the evening, unidentified assailants hacked Utsho to death after tying him to a tree in an isolated place in Dharmadas area on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway. Police officers recovered the body on 24 December and confirmed that the death was the result of a planned murder with killers hitting the journalist with sharp weapons in the head and hands.