Ankara – The Turkish police have detained a Dutch columnist over a critical tweet she posted about Turkish President Recep Erdogan, her newspaper said. The woman intends to go back to the Netherlands after being released.
Category: Media
NYT’s Rukmini Callimachi to get ICFJ Integrity in Journalism Award with Aurora Prize
YEREVAN, ARMENIA – The International Center for Journalists (http://www.icfj.org/) (ICFJ), in partnership with 100 LIVES, has named Rukmini Callimachi of The New York Times as the inaugural recipient of its Integrity in Journalism Award. She will receive the award for…
Panama Papers warehouse raided
Panama City— Panamanian officials have raided a warehouse of the law firm Mossack Fonseca, which has been at the center of the huge document leak related to offshore accounts. Special prosecutor for organized crime Javier Caraballo says large quantities of…
Shafik Rehman put on remand again
Dhaka – A court on Friday put eminent journalist Shafik Rehman on a fresh five-day remand for further interrogation in a case filed over an alleged plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy, unb news agency…
Journo Probir Sikdar urges govt to ensure his ‘safety’
Dhaka – Fearing that he might be made disappeared, senior journalist Probir Sikdar has urged the Prime Minister to take immediate step to save his life, unb news agency reported. He made the appeal in his Facebook status on Thursday…
Shafik Rehman put on 5-day remand again
Dhaka – A court on Friday put eminent journalist Shafik Rehman on a fresh five-day remand for further interrogation in a case filed over an alleged plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister’s son Sajeeb Wazed Joy. Judge Mahmudul Hasan…
Putting Shafik on remand ‘inhuman’: Fakhrul
Dhaka – BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday termed ‘inhuman’ the remand of journalist Shafik Rehman after his arrest. Talking to reporters after visiting Shaifk Rehamn’s Eskaton Garden residence in the city, he demanded that the journalist…
Shafik held on specific charges: Law Minister
Dhaka – Law Minister Anisul Haq said on Sunday journalist Shafik Rehman was arrested on specific charges. “The matter is now under investigation. If the allegations brought against him are proved after investigation, he’ll be punished and if not, he’ll…
Sr journalist Shafik Rehman arrested
Dhaka –Detectives arrested journalist Shafik Rehman, former editor of the Bangla daily Jaijaidin, from his residence in the city’s Eskaton Garden on Saturday morning, unb news agency reported.
HC stays proceedings of 72 cases against D Star editor
The High Court Monday stayed the proceedings of 72 cases filed against Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam for allegedly defaming Awami League president Sheikh Hasina by publishing unsubstantiated information provided by the military intelligence during the army-controlled interim government in…
‘Biggest threats ‘ climate change, impacts fail to make headlines: IFAD
Rome – Even as 60 million people around the world face severe hunger because of El Niño and millions more because of climate change, top European and American media outlets are neglecting to cover the issues as a top news…
BBC Bangla program on dying BD rivers begins Saturday
Dhaka – The threat of extinction of Bangladesh rivers is the subject of ‘Amar Nodi’ (My River), a special content that will be on BBC Bangla from April 9 and April 16 on radio, online and social media, unb news…
Sagor-Runi murder probe report submission date re-fixed
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate of Dhaka on Thursday, once again re-fixed the date for submitting probe report in the Sagor-Runi murder case.
Continued risk of violence to press in Pakistan
Sumit Galhotra/CPJ Asia Program Senior Research Associate “Everyone will get their turn in this war, especially the slave Pakistani media,” warned Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban on Twitter this week. “We are just waiting for the appropriate time.”
Newspaper, news agency owners must pay wage taxes of employees: SC
Dhaka – The Supreme Court in an order on Wednesday said that the owners of newspapers and news agencies must pay the taxes applicable for the wages of their employees.
Second Indian journalist arrested in Chhattisgarh in one week
New York – The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Indian authorities to release journalist Deepak Jaiswal, and to cease harassing and jailing journalists for their work. Police arrested Jaiswal, a reporter for the Hindi-language daily Dainadini, in the…
Chinese police arrest siblings of Germany-based journalist
New York – Chinese police on Sunday arrested two brothers and a sister of journalist Zhang Ping, who lives in Germany, from his family’s hometown, the journalist told CPJ. The arrests came a week after Zhang published an article decrying…
Janakantha editor asked to surrender before lower court
Dhaka – The Supreme Court on Monday asked editor of vernacular daily Janakantha, Atiqullah Khan Masud, to surrender before the lower court within seven days in a case for tampering the design of a multi-storey building in the city’s Malibagh…
Trump calls Fox’s Kelly ‘Crazy Megyn’
Donald Trump has had issues with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly ever since he says she treated him unfairly in a debate in August. After the debate, the GOP presidential candidate said that during the debate the host had “blood coming…
How journalists cover ISIS and its vast propaganda machine
by Sharon Moshavi, Vice President, New Initiatives News organizations are struggling to cover ISIS, constrained by a lack of on-the-ground presence in the wake of its brutal murders of journalists, according to an International Center for Journalists’ panel of media…
Reporters Sans Frontiers urge end to DS editor harassment
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Friday called on prime minister Sheikh Hasina to stop “hounding Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam.” The France-based international organisation of reporters, originally named as Reporters Sans Frontiers, made the call in an article published on…
Criminal charges against editors are attempt to intimidate all media: HRW
Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based global rights body, has said Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of The Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading newspapers.
Charging editors – Repeal abusive laws: HRW
New York – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately withdraw all criminal charges filed against the editors of the Daily Star and Prothom Alo, the country’s leading newspapers, Human Rights Watch said today. Bangladesh should repeal its criminal defamation and sedition laws,…
Indian news organization Firstpost on cases against DS editor
Indian news organisation Firstpost on Friday said prime minister’s ICT adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s remarks on his Facebook page opened the “floodgates for Awami League supporters to file defamation cases against The Daily Star editor to prove their loyalty to…
Guidelines on media for more freedom: Inu
United News of Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu on Monday said work to formulate various guidelines is underway to ensure more freedom of the mass media. “The mass media are enjoying freedom in Bangladesh,” he said. The minister made…