As many as 118 journalists were physically attacked in the first five months of this year, said Article 19 in a statement today (June 12, 2022).
ARTICLE 19 Regional Director Tahmina Rahman has been awarded the UK government’s Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her outstanding services to freedom of expression and the right to information in Bangladesh.
Marking 2016 a repressive year for press freedom in Bangladesh, London-based ARTICLE 19, an NGO defending freedom of expression, says 320 violations, including murders, abductions and threats against journalists, took place within that period.
As many as 118 journalists were physically attacked in the first five months of this year, said Article 19 in a statement today (June 12, 2022).
ARTICLE 19 Regional Director Tahmina Rahman has been awarded the UK government’s Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) for her outstanding services to freedom of expression and the right to information in Bangladesh.
Marking 2016 a repressive year for press freedom in Bangladesh, London-based ARTICLE 19, an NGO defending freedom of expression, says 320 violations, including murders, abductions and threats against journalists, took place within that period.
