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Safety For Community, Regional and Local Media
Safety For Community, Regional and Local Media
Journalists
Journalists
Journalists
Journalists
Journalists
Killed
threatened
attacked
injured
assaulted
Killing
Serious bodily injury
Minor Assaults Threat/Intimidation
Arrest/Police Remand
Abduction
Contempt of Court Defamation Case (Criminal)
Destruction of equipment
Gender based attacks
Torture/Harassment/Threat
Death Threat
Terrorist and unanimous by phone
Case file against published news
Torture by Terrorist/attack/threat/harassment/bomb
thrown
Attack/Torture/ Harassment by Political parties
Journalism in Bangladesh
Safety & Security : Challenges
-Owners of Media houses are centered to their own vested interest
( Multi Business Houses)
- Journalist are biased by self-censorship
- Journalist Association/Union link with Political Party
- Lack of Media literacy increases risk for
Journalist
- Lack of awareness Law Enforcement Agencies
(LEA)
- Incidents of assault of
Community Journalist are
open hard to differentiate
whether these are personal or
professional
- Community Journalist do not
have any coverage in line
with physical and
professional
- Rural media outlets are not
profitable concerns
- Lack of any curriculum /
course for promoting
Community Journalism
- Community Journalist are not
include in wage board declare
by Govt.
Government Response:
The Constitution of Bangladesh guarantees the
freedom of speech and expression under Article
39.
- There is no scope for impunity for the charge of
such killings/attacked
- Meanwhile police have arrested a number of
suspects in the killings
- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has condemned the
attacks.
- High-ranking police officials are saying that the
killers of the journalist will be brought under the
law.