Bern, July 25 (IANS) Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has approved every arrest warrant request submitted by the prosecution since August 2024, without rejecting a single application. Its recent decision to issue arrest warrants against two journalists, on ‘unfounded grounds’, has raised concerns about the tribunal’s functioning, a report has stated.The broader pattern has drawn scrutiny, with dozens of individuals detained by the Tribunal for months without formal charges, w…
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New York, July 16 (IANS) Several leading press freedom and human rights organisations have called on the Bangladesh government to end the persecution of journalists in the country, while urging the authorities to ensure that media professionals Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu are not criminally prosecuted, particularly on charges of crimes against humanity, for carrying out their journalistic work. In a joint statement, the organisations also raised concerns over the ongoing pre-trial detention o…
Dhaka, May 22 (IANS) A leading international human rights organisation on Friday called on Bangladeshi authorities to drop all charges against journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Haque, alleging that they were targetted for their work as media professionals. Amnesty International urged the authorities to uphold and protect the right to freedom of expression, including media freedom, in line with Bangladesh’s international human rights obligations.The appeal came after the International Crime…
New York, May 16 (IANS) A leading international press freedom group called on Bangladeshi authorities to release journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu, who were recently arrested in a crimes-against-humanity case filed at the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged the authorities to stop using the tribunal as a tool to target journalists.The appeal came after the ICT on May 14 ordered journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu, along…
Paris, May 4 (IANS) A leading human rights organisation expressed grave concern over the continuing “intimidation, harassment, arbitrary detention, and unjust imprisonment” of journalists across Bangladesh for the legitimate exercise of their professional duties. Extending solidarity with journalists in Bangladesh on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day observed on Sunday, Justice Makers Bangladesh in France (JMBF) stated that the operational space for independent journalism in the country ha…
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) Bangladesh has seen growing concerns across various quarters over media freedom, amid reports of oppression and legal cases against journalists, during the 18-month tenure of the previous Yunus-led interim government. Critics have called for ending the deadlock and the immediate release of journalists imprisoned in “false cases”, local media reported.Citing the findings of the Anti-Repression Journalist Front, leading Bangladeshi daily ‘Bangla Tribune’ reported that over 500 …
Washington, April 28 (IANS) A leading international press freedom group called on the Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) government to fulfil its election pledge by withdrawing what it described as “politically motivated cases” against four senior journalists arrested during the previous Muhammad Yunus-led interim government and ensuring their release.In a letter addressed to Bangladesh’s Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Md Asaduzzaman, the Committee t…