Journalists attacked in Bangladesh since 1992
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Journalist arrested, others beaten during Bangladesh elections
January 2, 2019 5:15 PM ET
New York, January 2, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Bangladeshi authorities to immediately release Hedait Hossain Molla, a reporter who was arrested in Khulna yesterday in relation to his election coverage, according to news reports....
Hundreds of journalists jailed globally becomes the new normal
December 13, 2018 12:00 AM ET
For the third year in a row, 251 or more journalists are jailed around the world, suggesting the authoritarian approach to critical news coverage is more than a temporary spike. China, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia imprisoned more journalists than last year, and Turkey remained the world’s worst jailer. A...
Getting Away with Murder
October 29, 2018 11:00 AM ET
CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and their killers go free By Elisabeth Witchel, CPJ Impunity Campaign Consultant Impunity is entrenched in 14 nations, according to CPJ's 2018 Global Impunity Index, which ranks states with the worst records of prosecuting the killers of journalists....
CPJ's Joel Simon speaks at Press Behind Bars panel
September 28, 2018 2:13 PM ET
Committee to Protect Journalists Executive Director Joel Simon addressed a panel event at the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on September 28, 2018. The event highlighted global press freedom violations and the jailing of journalists in countries around the world, with a specific focus...
Live Stream - Press Behind Bars: Undermining Justice and Democracy
September 27, 2018 5:09 PM ET
Event scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. EDT on Friday, September 28, 2018. Committee to Protect Journalists Executive Director Joel Simon, Reuters President and CPJ board member Stephen J. Adler, and human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, who represents the imprisoned Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, speak...
CPJ urges Bangladesh's president to return Digital Security Act to Parliament for revision
September 21, 2018 10:50 AM ET
The CPJ expresses concern about the Digital Security Act that was passed on September 18 by the Parliament of Bangladesh, and urges President Abdul Hamid to return it to Parliament for review. CPJ is concerned that the legislation, if allowed to become law, would violate constitutional guarantees of freedom of the press, and would create extensive legal dangers for journalists in the normal course of carrying out their professional activities.
CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering protests in Bangladesh
August 7, 2018 3:46 PM ET
On July 29, two students were killed, and 12 others injured when a bus plowed into a passengers waiting at a stop in Dhaka. Since then, daily demonstrations that started in Dhaka have spread throughout Bangladesh. Thousands of students have demonstrated on the streets of Dhaka at major traffic...
Bangladesh orders Shahidul Alam held 7 days; more than a dozen journalists attacked
August 6, 2018 5:42 PM ET
New York, August 6, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Bangladeshi authorities to immediately halt widespread attacks on journalists covering ongoing student protests in Dhaka and to release photographer Shahidul Alam from jail....
Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam detained after post about Dhaka protests
August 5, 2018 6:18 PM ET
New York, August 5, 2018--A group of men who said they were from the detective branch of Dhaka police today took Shahidul Alam, a photographer, commentator, and the founder of the Bangladeshi multimedia organization Drik and Pathshala Media Institute, from his home, hours after he posted a video to...
Journalists in Bangladesh attacked and beaten covering local election
August 1, 2018 6:12 PM ET
New York, August 1, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned violence against journalists covering local elections in the Bangladesh city of Sylhet, and called on authorities to identify and hold the attackers to account. At least four journalists were beaten, allegedly by police and supporters of the ruling...