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Shakil Ahmed (journalist)
Shakil Ahmed is a Bangladeshi journalist and former head of news at Ekattor TV, a private television channel in Bangladesh. Ahmed is currently in jail on charges of abetting genocide, crimes against humanity, and murder during the student protests. Personal LIfe Shakil Ahmed is married to Farzana Rupa, who is also a journalist. The couple has worked together in the media industry and were both previously associated with Ekattor TV. Controversy In November 2021, Ahmed was accused of personal misconduct. On November 4, a former news presenter of Deepto TV filed a case against him under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act at Gulshan Police Station. In August 2024, Ahmed and his wife, journalist Farzana Rupa, were arrested at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in connection with a case concerning the death of a garment worker Rubel, during student-led protests in Bangladesh. On August 26, they were placed on a five-day remand in relation to a case filed at Ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RWB; ; RSF) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organisation, non-governmental organization headquartered in Paris, which focuses on safeguarding the right to freedom of information. It describes its advocacy as founded on the belief that everyone requires access to the news and information, in line with Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that recognises the right to receive and share information regardless of frontiers, along with other international rights charters. RSF has consultative status at the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, and the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, International Organisation of the Francophonie. Activities RSF works on the ground in defence of individual journalists at risk and at the highest levels of government and international forums to defend the right to freedom of expression and information. It provides daily briefings and press releases on threats to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Bangladeshi Journalists
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Living People
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Persecution Of Journalists Under Bangladesh's Interim Government (2024–25)
Persecution of Journalists in Bangladesh under the Interim government refers to various official and unofficial persecution of journalists during the rule of the Interim government of Muhammad Yunus. Muhammad Yunus took power in Bangladesh following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government in the face of mass protests. During the same time, attacks took place on religious minorities and custodial deaths of leaders of the Awami League. The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit started targeting bank accounts of journalists following a request from the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (Bangladesh), Ministry of Information. ''"There have been more than 354 journalists harassed, 74 cases of violence reported, 113 criminal charges filed, and press credentials revoked for 167 journalists, according to the RRAG report"''. 294 attacks and harassment took place against journalists after Muhammad Yunus took power. According to Ain o Salish Kendra 62 such incidents too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated with a population of over 171 million within an area of . Bangladesh shares land borders with India to the north, west, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast. It has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal to its south and is separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor, and from China by the List of Indian states, Indian state of Sikkim to its north. Dhaka, the capital and list of cities and towns in Bangladesh, largest city, is the nation's political, financial, and cultural centre. Chittagong is the second-largest city and the busiest port of the country. The territory of modern Bangladesh was a stronghold of many List of Buddhist kingdoms and empires, Buddhist and List of Hindu empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Press Freedom
Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the fundamental principle that communication and expression through various media, including printed and electronic media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be exercised freely. Such freedom implies the absence of interference from an overreaching state; its preservation may be sought through a constitution or other legal protection and security. It is in opposition to paid press, where communities, police organizations, and governments are paid for their copyrights. Without respect to governmental information, any government may distinguish which materials are public or protected from disclosure to the public. State materials are protected due to either one of two reasons: the classification of information as sensitive, classified, or secret, or the relevance of the information to protecting the national interest. Many governments are also subject to " sunshine laws" or freedom of information legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Editors' Council
Editors' Council () is a national organization of newspaper editors in Bangladesh that campaigns for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Mahfuz Anam of ''The Daily Star (Bangladesh), The Daily Star'' and Dewan Hanif Mahmud, editor of ''The Bonik Barta, Bonik Barta'' are the president and general secretary of the council. History Editors' Council was established in 2013. The founding members were AMM Bahauddin (''Daily Inqilab''), Alamgir Mohiuddin (''Daily Naya Diganta''), Anwar Hossain Manju (''The Daily Ittefaq''), A. H. M. Moazzem Hossain (''The Financial Express (Bangladesh), The Financial Express''), Imdadul Haq Milon (''Kaler Kantho''), Khondoker Muniruzzaman (''The Sangbad''), Mahbubul Alam (journalist), Mahbubul Alam (''The Independent (Bangladesh), The Independent''), Mostafa Kamal Majumder (''The New Nation (Bangladesh), The New Nation''), MA Malek (''The Azadi''), Mozammel Haque (Korotoa), Matiur Rahman (journalist), Matiur Rahman (''Prothom Alo''), Naem Nizam ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladeshi Journalists In International Media
Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the permanent residents of the former East Pakistan were transformed into citizens of a new republic. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous nation. The vast majority of Bangladeshis are ethnolinguistically Bengalis, an Indo-Aryan people. The population of Bangladesh is concentrated in the fertile Bengal delta, which has been the centre of urban and agrarian civilizations for millennia. The country's highlands, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts and parts of the Sylhet Division, are home to various tribal minorities. Bengali Muslims are the predominant ethnoreligious group of Bangladesh with a population of 150.36 million, which makes up 91.04% of the country's population as of 2022. The minority Bengali Hindu population made up approximately 7.95% of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Committee To Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City, with correspondents around the world. CPJ promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists. The '' American Journalism Review'' has called the organization "Journalism's Red Cross." Since the late 1980s, CPJ has published an annual census of journalists killed or imprisoned in relation to their work. History and programs The Committee to Protect Journalists was founded in 1981 in response to the harassment of Paraguayan journalist Alcibiades González Delvalle. Its founding honorary chairman was Walter Cronkite. Since 1991, it has held the annual CPJ International Press Freedom Awards Dinner, during which awards are given to journalists and press freedom advocates who have received beatings, threats, intimidation, and prison for reporting the news. Since 1992, the organization has compiled an annual list of all journalists killed in the line of duty a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakil Ahmed
Shakil Ahmed may refer to: Military personnel * Shakil Ahmed (general, born 1957) (1957–2009), 16th Director General of Bangladesh Rifles * Shakil Ahmed (general, born 1968), 22nd Director General of Border Guard Bangladesh Sportsmen * Shakil Ahmed (footballer, born 1988), Bangladeshi national footballer * Shakil Ahmed (footballer, born 1994), Bangladeshi footballer * Shakil Ahmed (sport shooter) (born 1995), Bangladeshi sport shooter * Shakil Ahmed (cricketer) (born 1966), Pakistani Test cricketer Others * Shakil Ahmed (journalist) Bangladeshi journalist * Shakil Ahmed, one of the perpetrators of the 1993 Bombay bombings The 1993 Bombay bombings was a series of 12 terrorist bombings that took place primarily in Hindu majority areas in Bombay (now Mumbai), Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries. The ... See also * Shakeel Ahmed (other) {{human name disambiguation, Ahmed, Shakil Bangladeshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheikh Hasina
Sheikh Hasina (''née'' Wazed; born 28 September 1947) is a Bangladeshi politician who served as the tenth prime minister of Bangladesh from June 1996 to July 2001 and again from January 2009 to August 2024. Premiership of Sheikh Hasina, Her second term in office, which critics characterized as a dictatorship, ended in self-imposed exile following the July Revolution (Bangladesh), July Revolution in 2024. Hasina is the daughter of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh's President of Bangladesh, founding president, and is a member of the Tungipara Sheikh family, Tungipara Sheikh political family. She had little presence in politics before Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, her father's assassination in August 1975. Afterwards, she took asylum in India and became involved with the Awami League and was elected as its president, a position which she continues to hold to this day while residing in India. After returning to Bangladesh in 1981, she and her party Awami League became ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
