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In an online video of his sermons that went viral, a Muslim preacher called for journalists to be “slaughtered” in Bangladesh, where conservative ideology keeps shrinking the space for freedom of speech, a global media group said in a report this week.
The preacher and madrassa teacher, Wasik Billah Nomani, delivered the sermon in the presence of thousands of people, “repeatedly vowing to ‘slaughter’ journalists after establishing the caliphate,” the International Federation of Journalists said in its South Asia Press Freedom Report 2020-21.
The preacher, a prominent activist with the hardline Hefazat-e-Islam group, was arrested in the city of Mymensingh on April 11 for allegedly making provocative statements in his sermons, but social media is “overflowing” with Islamic lectures replete with “hate speech,” IFJ reported.
The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has called for an investigation into the killing of journalist Burhan Uddin Mujakker who was shot on 19.
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Published: 24 Feb 2021 09:25 PM BdST
Updated: 24 Feb 2021 09:25 PM BdST
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists or BFUJ has demanded punitive action against the people who pressured bdnews24.com to take down old reports. );
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The pressure from the “evil forces” will not only call into question the government’s sincerity to establish independent media, but it will also hamper the government effort to strengthen democracy, BFUJ President Molla Jalal and Acting Secretary General Abdul Majid said in a statement on Wednesday.
Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, spoke extensively at a press conference on Feb 18 on “bizarre” attempts to muffle journalism by the influential people.
Noakhali Correspondent,
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Published: 22 Feb 2021 02:50 AM BdST
Updated: 22 Feb 2021 02:50 AM BdST
The local administration has imposed a ban on gatherings at Basurhat municipality in Noakhali’s Companyganj Upazila as two Awami League factions called near-simultaneous rallies at the same venue after deadly clashes. );
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Md Ziaul Haque Mir, executive officer of Companyganj Upazila, passed the order with the powers he has under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure or CrPC on Sunday.
No meetings or gatherings will be allowed from 6am to 6pm on Monday, according to the order.
The authorities deployed police personnel at Basurhat Bazar and other key points following the order.