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Journalists Attacked by Youth Affiliate of Ruling Party
Journalists Attacked by Youth Affiliate of
Bangladesh Ruling Party
Bangladesh
partners in the South Asian Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN)
inform the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)
about an attack on journalists in the Dhaka University
campus by activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL),
student affiliate of the ruling party, the Awami League.
The incident occurred on April 14 after a group of
journalists went to the university campus to inquire into
reports that the youth activists had been extorting money
from pedestrians and passersby on the occasion of the Bangla
New Year, or Pahela Boisakh.
Among the journalists
who were assaulted were Ahmed Zaif, of the Bangla daily
Prothom Alo, Moloy Kumar Dutta of the news agency,
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, Protik Chakrabarty of the
Daily Star, Sujan Mondol of the online news service
benews24.com. Dulal Samaddar of the Dhaka University
journalism department, who was with the group of
journalists, was also attacked.
SAMSN takes note of
the prompt identification of the assailants by the BCL’s
leadership in Dhaka University and the assurance held out
that they will be subject to due
sanctions.
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