Articles - Bangladesh
9 June 2010
Bangladesh
Hundreds of police shut down pro-opposition newspaper
An opposition newspaper was forced to close in Bangladesh last week after the government cancelled its license to publish and sent 200 police to raid its printing press in the middle of the night, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), ARTICLE 19, the International Press Institute (IPI) and other IFEX members. The acting editor of the paper was arrested on fraud charges.
14 April 2010
Bangladesh
Photos of extrajudicial killings banned
Art can be a powerful medium for ideas and information, to challenge repression. A photo exhibit about extrajudicial executions in Dhaka, Bangladesh, was banned on 22 March, report Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and ARTICLE 19. The ban was revoked a week later after the gallery owner, who received death threats, appealed the decision in court.
16 December 2009
Bangladesh
Government fails to respect the role of journalists, says IPI mission
Bangladeshi authorities lack the political will to bring to justice killers of journalists says the International Press Institute (IPI) after a press freedom mission on 1 to 6 December in Bangladesh. Many of the 16 journalists killed since 1998 were covering corruption, says IPI.
12 December 2008
Bangladesh
LES PARTIES ACCEPTENT D'APPUYER LES MÉDIAS LIBRES PENDANT LES ÉLECTIONS
12 December 2008
Bangladesh
LOS PARTIDOS ACUERDAN APOYAR LA LIBERTAD EN MEDIOS DURANTE LAS ELECCIONES
10 December 2008
Bangladesh
PARTIES AGREE TO SUPPORT FREE MEDIA DURING ELECTIONS
A recent International Press Institute (IPI) mission to Dhaka wheedled a promise from Bangladesh's main political parties to protect media in the run-up to and after the 29 December election.
7 November 2008
Bangladesh
MIEMBROS DE IFEX SALUDAN LEY DE DERECHO A LA INFORMACIÓN
7 November 2008
Bangladesh
LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX SALUENT LA LOI SUR LE DROIT D'ACCÈS À L'INFORMATION
5 November 2008
Bangladesh
IFEX MEMBERS WELCOME RIGHT TO INFORMATION LAW
IFEX members ARTICLE 19 and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcome Bangladesh's new right to information law, but say there is still room for improvement.
21 September 2007
Bangladesh
ATAQUES A MEDIOS MIENTRAS SE INTENSIFICA CRISIS POLÍTICA
21 September 2007
Bangladesh
ATTAQUES CONTRE LES MÉDIAS TANDIS QUE S'ACCENTUE LA CRISE POLITIQUE
18 September 2007
Bangladesh
ATTACKS ON MEDIA AS POLITICAL CRISIS INTENSIFIES
Emergency laws that have been in place in Bangladesh since March continue to create an atmosphere ripe for harassment and violence - including for the country's journalists, say Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
17 April 2007
Bangladesh
PETITION TO PROTECT TASLIMA NASRIN
A petition is being circulated urging the Indian government to protect Taslima Nasrin, an exiled Bangladeshi author, after an Indian Muslim group offered a 500,000 Rupee (US$11,800) bounty for her beheading.
23 March 2007
Bangladesh
PERIODISTAS PERSEGUIDOS DURANTE CAMPAÑA CONTRA CORRUPCIÓN
23 March 2007
Bangladesh
DES JOURNALISTES SONT PERSÉCUTÉS PENDANT UNE CAMPAGNE DE LUTTE CONTRE LA CORRUPTION
20 March 2007
Bangladesh
JOURNALISTS PERSECUTED DURING ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are calling for the release of several journalists imprisoned during a crackdown on corruption by Bangladesh's interim government.
26 January 2007
Bangladesh
ESTADO DE EMERGENCIA SUSCITA INQUIETUDES POR LIBERTAD DE PRENSA
17 January 2007
Bangladesh
STATE OF EMERGENCY PROMPTS PRESS FREEDOM CONCERNS
A state of emergency has been declared in Bangladesh, under which constitutional protections, including freedom of the press, have been partly suspended, report Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, Freedom House, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
20 January 2006
Bangladesh
MILITANTES ISLÁMICOS ATACAN A PERIODISTAS
14 January 2006
Bangladesh
DES MILITANTS ISLAMIQUES VISENT LES JOURNALISTES
11 January 2006
Bangladesh
ISLAMIC MILITANTS TARGET JOURNALISTS
In Bangladesh, widely considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for the press, 2005 was a year in which Islamic militants increasingly targeted journalists, say Media Watch, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
3 December 2005
Bangladesh
PERIODISTA MUERTO POR ESTRANGULAMIENTO
30 November 2005
Bangladesh
UN JOURNALISTE EST ÉTRANGLÉ À MORT
23 November 2005
Bangladesh
JOURNALIST STRANGLED TO DEATH
IFEX members have called for an investigation into the death of Bangladeshi journalist Gautam Das, who was found strangled to death in his office in Faridpur on 17 November 2005.
12 November 2005
Bangladesh
PERIODISTAS DE BANGLADESH PIDEN APOYO INTERNACIONAL
12 November 2005
Bangladesh
APPEL DES JOURNALISTES BANGLADAIS À UN APPUI INTERNATIONAL
10 November 2005
Bangladesh
BANGLADESHI JOURNALISTS APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
The Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) is appealing to press freedom groups around the world to send messages of solidarity to their colleagues at a national convention that will be held in Dhaka on 11 November 2005 to discuss the challenges facing journalists in the country.
7 October 2005
Bangladesh
UN RÉDACTEUR BANGLADAIS REMPORTE LE PRIX RAMON MAGSAYSAY
7 October 2005
Bangladesh
EDITOR DE BANGLADESH GANA PREMIO RAMON MAGSAYSAY
5 October 2005
Bangladesh
BANGLADESHI EDITOR WINS RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD
Matiur Rahman, the founder and editor of Bangladesh's largest circulation Bangla-language newspaper, "Prothom Alo" ("First Light"), has been named the winner of the 2005 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Journalism, Literature and Creative Communication Arts.
28 March 2005
Bangladesh
LES JOURNALISTES COURENT DES RISQUES
28 March 2005
Bangladesh
PERIODISTAS EN RIESGO
23 March 2005
Bangladesh
JOURNALISTS AT RISK
Index on Censorship is calling on free expression advocates worldwide to write letters urging the Bangladeshi government to condemn death threats against three journalists and ensure their protection.
18 February 2005
Bangladesh
UN REPORTER PERD LA VIE DANS UN ATTENTAT À LA BOMBE
18 February 2005
Bangladesh
ATAQUE CON BOMBA MATA A REPORTERO
16 February 2005
Bangladesh
BOMB ATTACK KILLS REPORTER
A newly formed coalition of journalists in Bangladesh plans to hold demonstrations throughout the country next week to protest attacks on journalists, following a bomb attack on 5 February 2005 that killed a reporter and injured three others in the southwest city of Khulna.
8 October 2004
Bangladesh
UN RÉDACTEUR EN CHEF SAUVAGEMENT ASSASSINÉ
8 October 2004
Bangladesh
EDITOR ASESINADO SALVAJEMENTE
6 October 2004
Bangladesh
EDITOR SAVAGELY MURDERED
On 2 October 2004, Dipankar Chakrabarty, editor of the daily newspaper "Durjoy Bangla" in the northwestern city of Sherpur, was savagely hacked to death by unidentified assailants, report Media Watch, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
28 August 2004
Bangladesh
UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ
27 August 2004
Bangladesh
PERIODISTA ASESINADO
26 August 2004
Bangladesh
JOURNALIST KILLED
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontierès, RSF) is calling on Bangladeshi authorities to investigate the murder of journalist Kamal Hossain, who was killed in the city of Manikchhari on 22 August 2004.
4 July 2004
Bangladesh
UN JOURNALISTE CHEVRONNÉ EST ASSASSINÉ
2 July 2004
Bangladesh
VETERANO PERIODISTA ASESINADO
1 July 2004
Bangladesh
VETERAN JOURNALIST ASSASSINATED
The southwestern city of Khulna in Bangladesh has been dubbed the "valley of death" by local journalists for a good reason. On 27 June 2004, Humayun Kabir, editor of the daily newspaper "Janmabhumi," died after assailants threw bombs at his home, becoming the sixth journalist in four years to be killed there because of his work, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
4 June 2004
Bangladesh
LES JOURNALISTES FONT PREUVE DE COURAGE EN COUVRANT L'ACTUALITÉ
4 June 2004
Bangladesh
PERIODISTAS MUESTRAN VALOR AL INFORMAR LAS NOTICIAS
2 June 2004
Bangladesh
JOURNALISTS DISPLAY COURAGE IN REPORTING THE NEWS
In Bangladesh, it takes real courage to be a journalist, says the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Politicians linked to criminal organisations routinely employ henchmen to beat up those who report on corruption while police stand by. What's more, a bitter rivalry between the country's two dominant political parties has forced the media into taking sides.
12 March 2004
Bangladesh
DELEGACIÓN DE CPJ INSTA A GOBIERNO A PONER FIN A VIOLENCIA CONTRA LOS MEDIOS
12 March 2004
Bangladesh
UNE DÉLÉGATION DU CPJ PRESSE LE GOUVERNEMENT DE METTRE FIN À LA VIOLENCE CONTRE LES MÉDIAS
9 March 2004
Bangladesh
CPJ DELEGATION URGES GOVERNMENT TO END VIOLENCE AGAINST MEDIA
A delegation from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on the government of Bangladesh "to vigorously investigate and prosecute all those who murder, assault, or threaten the country's journalists, in order to end a long cycle of violence against the media, and enable journalists to do their jobs safely."
25 February 2004
Bangladesh
20 JOURNALISTES REÇOIVENT DES MENACES DE MORT
20 February 2004
Bangladesh
20 PERIODISTAS RECIBEN AMENAZAS DE MUERTE
18 February 2004
Bangladesh
20 JOURNALISTS RECEIVE DEATH THREATS
While Bangladesh enjoys a free press, with more than 73 newspapers in the nation's capital and 50 satellite channels nationwide, it is also one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, reports the "IPI Global Journalist."
23 January 2004
Bangladesh
UN JOURNALISTE PERD LA VIE DANS UN ATTENTAT À LA BOMBE
23 January 2004
Bangladesh
ATAQUE CON BOMBA MATA A PERIODISTA
21 January 2004
Bangladesh
BOMB ATTACK KILLS JOURNALIST
A Bangladeshi reporter fell victim to a bomb attack last week in the city of Khulna, becoming the first journalist to be murdered this year, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
19 September 2003
Bangladesh
PROYECTO DE LEY AMENAZA PRIVACIDAD EN INTERNET
19 September 2003
Bangladesh
DES PROPOSITIONS DE MODIFICATION À LA LOI SUR LES TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS MENACENT LA VIE PRIVÉE SUR INTERNET
17 September 2003
Bangladesh
DRAFT LAW THREATENS INTERNET PRIVACY
Bangladesh's telecommunications regulatory agency is reportedly drafting amendments to legislation giving authorities more powers to monitor Internet traffic and e-mail in the name of national security and anti-terrorism, warns Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
3 August 2003
Bangladesh
LES ATTAQUES CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES ALARMENT LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX
1 August 2003
Bangladesh
ATAQUES CONTRA PERIODISTAS INQUIETAN A MIEMBROS DE IFEX
30 July 2003
Bangladesh
ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS ALARM IFEX MEMBERS
In Bangladesh, a series of recent threats and attacks on journalists has spurred the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) to write letters to Prime Minister Khaleda Zia urging prompt investigations.
28 January 2003
Bangladesh
SALEEM SAMAD EST LIBÉRÉ
28 January 2003
Bangladesh
LIBERAN A SALEEM SAMAD
28 January 2003
Bangladesh
SALEEM SAMAD RELEASED
Bangladeshi free-lance journalist Saleem Samad has been released from prison after being detained for 50 days, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
7 January 2003
Bangladesh
RSF ET LE CPJ EXPRIMENT LEUR INQUIÉTUDE À PROPOS DES JOURNALISTES INCARCÉRÉS
7 January 2003
Bangladesh
RSF Y CPJ EXPRESAN INQUIETUD POR PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS
7 January 2003
Bangladesh
RSF, CPJ EXPRESS CONCERN OVER JAILED JOURNALISTS
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontièrs, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have expressed grave concern over the fate of two Bangladeshi journalists jailed and charged with "anti-state activities" for working with a British documentary crew.
6 December 2002
Bangladesh
RSF LANCE UNE PÉTITION POUR OBTENIR LA LIBÉRATION DE JOURNALISTES DÉTENUS
6 December 2002
Bangladesh
RSF PUBLICA PETICIÓN PARA LIBERAR A PERIODISTAS DETENIDOS
3 December 2002
Bangladesh
RSF LAUNCHES PETITION TO FREE DETAINED JOURNALISTS
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) has launched an online petition drive calling for the release of three journalists who have been secretly detained in Dhaka, Bangladesh and are accused of sedition or "anti-state activities." Under the charges, the journalists could be put to death if found guilty.
10 September 2002
Bangladesh
UN RADIODIFFUSEUR INDÉPENDANT EST FORCÉ DE SE RETIRER DES ONDES
10 September 2002
Bangladesh
OBLIGAN A EMISORA INDEPENDIENTE A SALIR DEL AIRE
10 September 2002
Bangladesh
INDEPENDENT BROADCASTER FORCED OFF THE AIR
In what Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) calls a dramatic step backward for media pluralism, a recent ruling by Bangladesh's Supreme Court has paved the way for the government to take the country's only private broadcaster, Ekushey Television (ETV), off the air. On 29 August, the court upheld a lower court ruling stating that ETV's broadcasting licence had been obtained illegally under the previous Awami League government.
13 August 2002
Bangladesh
ENCUENTRAN CUERPO DE PERIODISTA ASESINADO
13 August 2002
Bangladesh
ON A RETROUVÉ LE CADAVRE D?UN JOURNALISTE ASSASSINÉ
13 August 2002
Bangladesh
BODY OF SLAIN JOURNALIST FOUND
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) is demanding a full investigation into the death of Bangladeshi journalist Syed Farroque Ahmed, whose body was found in Srimangal, south-eastern Bangladesh, on 3 August.
16 July 2002
Bangladesh
SE TEME QUE PERIODISTA SECUESTRADO ESTÉ MUERTO
16 July 2002
Bangladesh
ON CRAINT QU?UN JOURNALISTE ENLEVÉ NE SOIT MORT
16 July 2002
Bangladesh
KIDNAPPED JOURNALIST FEARED DEAD
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) fear Shukur Hossain, a Bangladeshi crime reporter kidnapped by unknown assailants on 5 July, may be dead. Hossain, a reporter for the Khulna-based newspaper "Anirban," was kidnapped from his home in the village of Ula by a group of armed men suspected of belonging to the outlawed Biplobi Communist Party (BCP), the groups say.
18 June 2002
Bangladesh
: PELIGRA LIBERTAD DE PRENSA: INFORME DE RSF
18 June 2002
Bangladesh
LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE EST EN DANGER, DIT UN RAPPORT DE RSF
18 June 2002
Bangladesh
PRESS FREEDOM IN DANGER: RSF REPORT
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) has issued a report declaring Bangladesh the country with the highest number of attacks against journalists. Based on a one-week fact-finding mission to the country last March, the report says in the last eight months alone, 145 journalists have been physically assaulted or received death threats while 16 press clubs and newsrooms have been brutally attacked. "The issue of safety in general has now reached dramatic heights," says a Dhaka-based European diplomat interviewed by RSF.
16 April 2002
Bangladesh
PROYECTO DE LEY "ESTRANGULA" LIBERTAD DE PRENSA
16 April 2002
Bangladesh
UN PROJET DE LOI QUI ?ÉTOUFFE? LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE
16 April 2002
Bangladesh
DRAFT BILL "CHOKES" PRESS FREEDOM
A new bill introduced in Bangladesh's Parliament, which provides for jail sentences up to seven years for journalists who criticise government officials and judges, is causing alarm among local journalists. The proposed law classifies anyone other than members of parliament (MPs) and staff as "strangers" in the house and prohibits journalists from reporting on "sensitive" parliamentary topics, says the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).
19 March 2002
Bangladesh
HUIT JOURNALISTES REÇOIVENT DES MENACES DE MORT
19 March 2002
Bangladesh
OCHO PERIODISTAS RECIBEN AMENAZAS DE MUERTE
19 March 2002
Bangladesh
8 JOURNALISTS RECEIVE DEATH THREATS
In Bangladesh, at least eight journalists have been the targets of death threats in the last two weeks, Media Watch reports. On 5 March and 7 March, Mohammed Abu Taleb and ATM Mamunur Rashid, two journalists from the daily newspaper "Ittefaq," received death threats for articles they had written. Taleb, in particular, had reported on an attack involving a former opposition leader (now prime minister), says Media Watch. Other journalists threatened with death included Moktar Hossain of the daily "Bhorer Dak," Tareq Murtaza and another colleague of the daily "Manavzamin,"Bakhtiar Islam Munna, also with "Ittefaq," Tuhin Aronnaya of "Prothom Alo" and Emran Farooq Masum, reporter for "Jugantor." In the cases of Munna and Murtaza, they were targeted by members of the student wings of Bangladesh's two main political parties, Media Watch notes.
5 March 2002
Bangladesh
PERIODISTA BALEADO; OTROS DOS ATACADOS
5 March 2002
Bangladesh
UN JOURNALISTE EST ABATTU; DEUX AUTRES SONT VISÉS
5 March 2002
Bangladesh
JOURNALIST GUNNED DOWN; TWO OTHERS TARGETED
Unidentified assailants shot and killed journalist Harunur Rashid (alias Khokan) on the evening of 2 March as he drove to the offices of his newspaper "Dainik Pubanchal" in Khulna, southwest Bangladesh, report Media Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). Rashid, a senior reporter for the daily, was driving his motorcycle to the newspaper's office in Iqbalnagar when he was struck in the chest by gunfire. He was rushed to a local hospital but doctors pronounced him dead on arrival, says Media Watch. Rashid, an active member of the Khulna Journalists Union and Khulna Press Club, leaves a wife and two children.
16 October 2001
Bangladesh
VEINTENAS DE PERIODISTAS AGREDIDOS DESPUÉS DE ELECCIONES
16 October 2001
Bangladesh
DE NOMBREUX JOURNALISTES SONT AGRESSÉS APRÈS LES ÉLECTIONS
16 October 2001
Bangladesh
SCORES OF JOURNALISTS ATTACKED AFTER ELECTIONS
Journalists were the targets of numerous attacks in Bangladesh last week, following elections which saw a Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led coalition sweep to power, reports Media Watch. As many as eight separate incidents involving attacks on individuals or groups of journalists were counted â at least four of which were perpetrated by members of the BNP's student wing Chattra Dal.
2 October 2001
Bangladesh
AU COURS DU DERNIER DROIT DE LA CAMPAGNE ÉLECTORALE
2 October 2001
Bangladesh
OCHO PERIODISTAS AGREDIDOS EN PERÍODO PREVIO A LAS ELECCIONES
2 October 2001
Bangladesh
EIGHT JOURNALISTS ATTACKED IN RUN-UP TO ELECTION
Amidst election campaign violence that has claimed the lives of up to 140 people in Bangladesh, eight journalists were attacked by terrorists on 26 September 2001 in the northern town of Pabna, according to a report by Media Watch.
7 August 2001
Bangladesh
PERIODISTAS ASEDIADOS POR VIOLENCIA
7 August 2001
Bangladesh
ÉPIDÉMIE DE VIOLENCE CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES
7 August 2001
Bangladesh
JOURNALISTS PLAGUED BY VIOLENCE
Journalists in Bangladesh continue to be subjected to extremely violent attacks from political activists, according to reports from Media Watch(MW), Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
24 April 2001
Bangladesh
VIOLENCIA CONTRA PERIODISTAS COBRA OTRA VIDA
24 April 2001
Bangladesh
LA VIOLENCE CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES FAIT UNE AUTRE VICTIME
24 April 2001
Bangladesh
VIOLENCE AGAINST JOURNALISTS CLAIMS ANOTHER LIFE
A recent wave of extremely violent attacks against Bangladeshi journalists continues, resulting in one journalist's death and the amputation of another's leg, according to Media Watch (MW) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF).
3 April 2001
Bangladesh
LES AGRESSIONS CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES SE MULTIPLIENT À L?APPROCHE DES ÉLECTIONS
3 April 2001
Bangladesh
AUMENTAN LOS ATAQUES CONTRA PERIODISTAS AL ACERCARSE LAS ELECCIONES
3 April 2001
Bangladesh
ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS INCREASE AS ELECTION NEARS
At least three reporters and two photojournalists were assaulted by police and activists from both opposition and ruling parties in a number of separate incidents on 1-2 April during an opposition-led general strike, reports Media Watch. The incidents in the capital Dhaka come shortly after a 29 March open letter from Reporters sans frontières (RSF) to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, noting a disturbing increase in the number of attacks on journalists and abuses of freedom of expression. As general elections in June grow nearer, RSF is calling on the prime minister to put her expressed commitment to press freedom into practice.
18 July 2000
Bangladesh
PERIODISTA BALEADO Y MUERTO EN OFICINA
18 July 2000
Bangladesh
UN JOURNALISTE EST ABATTU DANS UN BUREAU
18 July 2000
Bangladesh
JOURNALIST SHOT AND KILLED IN OFFICE
On 16 July, Shamsur Rahman Kebol, a special correspondent with the daily "Janakantha" and a contributor to the Bengali service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), was shot dead in Jessore, a town on Bangladesh's south-western border, report Media Watch, Reporters sans frontières (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). The journalist was working at his office when two unidentified men entered and fired two bullets at him, hitting him in the heart and the head.
16 February 1999
Bangladesh
PERIODISTAS Y OFICINAS DE PERIÓDICOS ATACADOS
16 February 1999
Bangladesh
ASSAUT CONTRE DES JOURNALISTES ET MÉDIAS
16 February 1999
Bangladesh
JOURNALISTS AND NEWSPAPER OFFICES ATTACKED
Newspaper offices and journalists have become the target of political activists again in Bangladesh, reports Media Watch. Leading opposition parties, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), the Jatyo Party (JP), Jamat-e-Islami and Islami Okkyo Jote, called a three-day national general strike from 9 to 11 February 1999. During the strike, two newspaper offices were attacked, four vehicles carrying journalists were burned, four photojournalists were assaulted -including one who was shot - and five other journalists were stopped from carrying out their work. On 9 February, a group of strike supporters in the capital Dhaka trying to set fire to a rickshaw shot a photojournalist of the "Bhorer Kagoj" newspaper, Masud Parvez Anis, when he tried to take a picture of them. On the same afternoon, in Dhaka, strike supporters attacked offices of the "Daily Star" newspaper, one of the country's most respected English language dailies. After five other journalists were assaulted by opposition activists, local journalists reacted by boycotting "news of the opposition parties until they apologised for their supporters' actions," says Media Watch.
12 January 1999
Bangladesh
MEDIA WATCH INFORMA ACERCA DEL ESTADO DE LOS MEDIOS EN 1998
12 January 1999
Bangladesh
RAPPORT DE MEDIA WATCH SUR LA SITUATION DES MÉDIAS EN 1998
12 January 1999
Bangladesh
MEDIA WATCH REPORTS ON STATE OF THE MEDIA IN 1998
Two journalists were killed and twenty were injured in Bangladesh in 1998, according to Media
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