Even though 2020 saw a “slight decrease” in the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists, 87 percent of such cases worldwide were still not resolved, according to UNESCO, the UN agency tasked with defending press freedom, among other things.

Even though 2020 saw a “slight decrease” in the rate of impunity for crimes against journalists, 87 percent of such cases worldwide were still not resolved, according to UNESCO, the UN agency tasked with defending press freedom, among other things.
By Jonathan Rozen NEW YORK, Jul 16 2020 (IPS) – In May 2019, senior members of Ghana’s law enforcement posed for photos with the U.S. ambassador to their country at a ceremony in the capital, Accra. Between them, they held…
Dhaka, April 21 – Bangladesh Press Council on Monday sent letters to all deputy commissioners to make a special list of journalists to bring them under special stimulus facilities in the wake of coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.
Dhaka, Feb 10 – Leaders of a faction of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) on Sunday submitted a memorandum to Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal demanding a stop to filing of motivated cases against journalists as well as attacks during…
Dhaka, Sept 24 – Students of the Mass Communications and Journalism Department of Dhaka University (DU) on Tuesday demanded permanent expulsion of those Chhatra League men assaulted the journalists on early Monday in the campus.
Nalaka Gunawardene Starting in 2008, the Indian government has been convening a global event platform called World Congress on Disaster Management to bring together researchers, policy makers and practitioners from around the world to discuss challenges of disaster risk reduction…
Mymensingh, Dec 6 – Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Hall of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) beat up the university correspondent of Kaler Kantho as he was trying to collect information on infighting of BCL activists on…
Dhaka, Aug 9 – A total of 69 leading academics, lawyers, rights activists, filmmakers, media personalities and cultural activists of Bangladesh in a joint statement have demanded the government to stop repression on students, academics, journalists and human rights activists…