The International Press Institute (IPI) today called for a thorough and swift investigation into yesterday’s brutal murder of American-Bangladeshi blogger Avijit Roy in Dhaka. Roy and his wife, Rafida Ahmed, were leaving a book fair in the Bangladeshi capital late in the evening when they were attacked by unidentified men with machetes. Roy died of […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) expressed concern about the arrest of Bangladeshi editor Mahmudur Rahman. Rahman was arrested on Thursday, Apr. 11, on the premises of the Bengali-language pro-opposition newspaper Amar Desh, of which he is currently the acting editor. According to reports by AP, charges brought against Rahman include sedition, cyber-crimes as well as […]

Noted Bangladeshi journalist and Vice-Chair of the International Press Institute (IPI) Executive Board Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul has been appointed Chairman of the UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize for 2013.  The nomination was announced by Irina Bokhova, UNESCO Director-General, at the organisation’s headquarters in Paris. Bulbul will lead a 12-member international jury consisting of editors, senior […]

At least 18 journalists were injured in Bangladesh Friday when supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami Islamist party attacked them, shouting slogans following Friday’s Juma weekly prayers in Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet. Nineteen Islamist organisations staged demonstrations. Talking to journalists near the Baitul Mukarram national mosque, Md Nazmul, deputy commissioner of police in Motijheel division, told The […]