Bangladesh: media worker attacked for reporting assault by political party supporters
Event- Country
- Bangladesh
- Initial Date
- Jan 8, 2024
- Event Description
According to the source of the complaint, Taland Union Parishad Chairman Nazimuddin Babu was attacked by members and general secretary of Union Awami League Abul Hasan's people. After receiving the news, Sarwar went to the spot to gather news. He was attacked by Fishermen's League leader Idris and Jubo League leader Lalu. Idris tried to hit him on the head with a branch of the tree and Lalu hit different parts of his body.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
Case shared by FORUM-ASIA member Odhikar
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 24.410290688144148
Longitude: 88.56527688738613
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 8 January 2024, media worker Sarwar Hossain of Notun Prabhat, was attacked by Fishermen's League and Jubo League political leaders while reporting an assault in Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
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