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Online newspaper editor detained on trumped-up charges

Published on 5 August 2011Read

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Bomb attack

Journalist and wife injured by bomb thrown through bedroom window

Published on 14 July 2011Read

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Nine journalists attacked in two incidents in past four days

Reporters Without Borders condemns violence by political party supporters against journalists, especially photographers and TV crews, who are (...)

Published on 7 June 2011 Read

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Authorities continue to harass opposition newspaper editor

A warrant was issued for the arrest of Mahmudur Rahman, the editor of the opposition daily Amar Desh, on 29 March, just two weeks after he was (...)

Published on 31 March 2011 Read

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Opposition daily allowed to resume publishing but editor still held

Reporters Without Borders welcomes a Dhaka high court decision staying the cancellation of Amar Desh’s licence for three months, which allowed the (...)

Published on 11 June 2010 Read

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Access to Facebook restored in Bangladesh

The Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission told Internet Service Providers on 5 June to restore access to Facebook following the (...)

Published on 7 June 2010 Read

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Opposition daily closed, force used to arrest editor

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the closure of the national daily Amar Desh and is concerned about the fate of its editor, Mahmudur (...)

Published on 2 June 2010 Read

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Reporters Without Borders sent a letter to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

Her Excellency Sheikh Hasina Prime Minister Old Sangsad Bhaban Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215 Bangladesh Paris, 30 April 2010 Dear Prime Minister, Since (...)

Published on 30 April 2010 Read

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Government backs down at court hearing, lifts ban on exhibition

Reporters Without Borders welcomes the government’s decision to lift a ban on the Drik gallery’s “Crossfire” exhibition. When the high court convened (...)

Published on 30 March 2010 Read