Bangladesh: Attacks on journalists continue amid ongoing violence
November 22, 2024
November 22, 2024
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Nov. 22 [Category: Media] -- The International Federation of Journalists issued the following news release:
On November 8, Shahidul Islam, a local journalist and staff reporter for Khulna Gazette and district correspondent for News21 Bangla TV, was assaulted by approximately 30 unidentified people armed with locally made weapons in Rupsa upazila, located in the western Khulna district. Islam was attacked as he returned home and escaped to hide and contact authorit . . .
On November 8, Shahidul Islam, a local journalist and staff reporter for Khulna Gazette and district correspondent for News21 Bangla TV, was assaulted by approximately 30 unidentified people armed with locally made weapons in Rupsa upazila, located in the western Khulna district. Islam was attacked as he returned home and escaped to hide and contact authorit . . .