The International Press Institute (IPI) has joined 25 other members of the IFEX global free expression network in calling on Bangladesh to grant journalist Shafik Rehman compassionate release due to his deteriorating health. Rehman was arrested in Dhaka on April 16, 2016 on suspicion of seditious activity, reportedly in relation to an alleged plot to […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed concern about the state of press freedom in Bangladesh following the arrest of a prominent, pro-opposition magazine editor on sedition charges on the heels of the murder of another secular blogger by extremists earlier this month. Authorities on Saturday arrested Shafik Rehman, editor of popular Bengali monthly magazine […]

The Bangladeshi government must take swift action to protect all individuals exercising their freedom of expression in the country, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today, following last week’s murder of book publisher Faisar Arefin Dipan and attacks on three others. Dipan was found hacked to death on Saturday in his office shortly after news […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today called on Bangladeshi authorities to conduct a thorough investigation into a banned Islamist group’s death threat against 24 people, including five journalists, and to take steps to ensure the safety of those threatened. The group, Ansarullah Bangla Team, made the threat in a letter issued yesterday that specifically targeted […]