Ashfaque Munier (September 24, 1959August 13, 2011; known as Mishuk Munier) was a Bangladeshi media specialist and broadcast journalist. He was known for his photography direction and for being the cofounder of the global news channel

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. He was one of three sons of

Munier Chowdhury Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident. He was a victim of the 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals, mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1 ...

. Mishuk served as the

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and

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of satellite TV channel

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. He died in a road accident, along with

Tareque Masud Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films ''Muktir Gaan'' (1995) and ''Matir Moina'' (2002), for which he won thr ...

, on August 13, 2011. He was awarded

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for his contribution to journalism in 2012 by the Bangladeshi government.

Career

Munier studied mass communication and journalism at

Dhaka University The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

. After completing his studies, he joined the faculty as a part-time lecturer in 1989. At the same time, he started to work for

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as a freelance photographer. In 1999, Munier took a job as director of news operations of satellite TV channel

Ekushey Television Ekushey Television ( bn, একুশে টেলিভিশন; , in reference to 21 February), also known by its acronym ETV, is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language privately owned satellite and cable television channel owned by S. Alam Group of ...

, playing a key role in broadcast journalism in Bangladesh. In 2002, he emigrated to Canada, where he worked for

The Real News The Real News Network (TRNN) is an independent, nonprofit news organization based in Baltimore, MD that covers both national and international news. History TRNN was founded by documentary producer Paul Jay and Mishuk Munier in September 20 ...

. He also contributed for BBC, WTN, ARD1,

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, CBC, and Discovery Health. In November 2010, he returned to Bangladesh to act as CEO of

Family

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Munier was the second son of Munier Chowdhury, who lost his life on December 14 during the 1971

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Works

Munier worked as a cinematographer on many of Tarque Masud's films. He was the chief cinematographer of Tareque Masud's ''Runway'' and was working on ''Kagojer Phool'' when he died. He extensively worked on conflict zones, natural disasters and political upheavals. He worked as the director of photography for ''Return to Kandahar'' (2003) and also as the cinematographer of ''Words of Freedom'' (1999).

Death

Munier and Tareque Masud died on a road accident on August 13, 2011, at Ghior of

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with three others including camera assistant Wasif and the driver. The accident took place when the microbus collided with another bus coming from the opposite direction. The team was returning from location scouting for Masud's next movie, ''Kagojer Phool'', in Manikganj. With Munier's death, the

International War Crimes Tribunal The Russell Tribunal, also known as the International War Crimes Tribunal, Russell–Sartre Tribunal, or Stockholm Tribunal, was a private People's Tribunal organised in 1966 by Bertrand Russell, British philosopher and Nobel Prize winner, and ...

lost a key witness, as he had been involved in compiling documents and audio-visual evidence for the investigation agency of the international war crimes tribunal of Bangladesh. Mishuk and his uncle, Shamser Choudhury, were the only two witnesses who saw his father Munier Choudhury being taken away by collaborators of the Pakistani occupation force on December 14, 1971. Mishuk was to be a witness for the International Crimes Tribunal formed in March 2010.

References

External links

Burial of Journalist 'Mishuk Munier' - Bangladesh

2 key witnesses lost for Liberation War crimes tribunal in Bangladesh

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