Bangladesh

  • 1 Mar 2014
    Shah Alam Mollah Sagar

    Country Bangladesh  State Dhaka  Violation Type Accidental Death  Target Journalist

    Journalist Shah Alam Mollah Sagar, 41, died after falling off the roof of the Uttara Pashchim Police Station building in the capital city of Dhaka under suspicious circumstances.

  • 16 Jan 2014
    Journalists

    Country Bangladesh  State Dhaka  Violation Type Law  Target Media House

    Bangladesh police stormed and closed one of the nation’s oldest newspapers on January 16 and accused it of falsifying a report alleging Indian forces took part in a Bangladeshi crackdown on antigovernment protesters.RobiullahRobi, the paper’s news editor; Rafiq Mohammad, the paper’s deputy chief correspondent; and Ahmed Atik, diplomatic correspondent; were arrested under the Information and Communication Technology Act (ICT).