Bangladesh: media worker assaulted when reporting illegal sand extraction
Event- Country
- Bangladesh
- Initial Date
- Feb 13, 2024
- Event Description
Journalist Suresh Chandra Roy was assaulted by a dredger businessman while collecting news about illegal sand extraction by dredgers in the river. Suresh said that while returning after collecting pictures, videos and data of the dredger, Ratan Mia, a UP member of Ward No. 4 of Singjuri Union and a dredger businessman, stopped him and offered him 20 thousand taka and asked him to delete the pictures, videos and documents of the dredger recorded on the mobile phone. But when he refused the offer, Ratan asked his brother, Alamin, to take away his mobile. Ratan, his brother Alamin and dredger worker Shah Alam continued to physically abuse him.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Corporation
- Extractive industries
- Corporation
- Source
Case shared by FORUM-ASIA member Odhikar.
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 23.762998782583974
Longitude: 90.39107226140347
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 13 February 2024, media worker Suresh Chandra Roy, was attacked and intimidated by a businessman and two others while reporting illegal sand extraction in Dhaka, Bangladesh.