Bangladesh

  • 16 May 2014
    David Bergman

    Country Bangladesh  State Dhaka  Violation Type Law  Target Journalist

    David Bergman, who is the editor of special reports at local English-language daily New Age, is facing contempt charges for questioning the number of deaths during Bangladesh’s liberation from Pakistan in his personal blog posts on the court proceedings written between 2011 and 2013.

  • 13 May 2014
    Shishir Morol

    Country Bangladesh  State Dhaka  Violation Type Attack  Target Journalist

    Shishir Morol, a special correspondent of Prathom Alo, was held captive for two hours and beaten by Dr Shafiul Azam and staff Sufian of the ZH Sikder Women’s Medical College Hospital in Dhaka. Morol was working on the news story that alleged that Dr Azam had been illegally working fulltime at two hospitals. Morol visited the hospital seeking Dr Azam’s comments.

  • 14 Mar 2014
    Sajeda Sweety & Tauhid Shanta

    Country Bangladesh  State Dhaka  Violation Type Harassment  Target Journalist

    Sajeda Sweety, a staff correspondent of online news portal banglanews24.com, and her husband Tauhid Shanta, a journalist with Asian Television, were beaten by two members of Bangladesh Ansar, a law enforcement and security force administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs as they were returning home on their motorbike.