The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today (June 16) strongly condemned the murder of Jamalpur district correspondent of Banglanews24.com Golam Rabbani Nadeem, who was allegedly attacked by miscreants on Wednesday night.
IFJ has published a report in connection to Nadeem's murder where it condemned the heinous killing and urged the Bangladeshi authorities concerned to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation.
General Secretary of IFJ, Anthony Bellanger has given a statement in this regard.
Anthony said: “The killing of journalist Golam Rabbani Nadim is unacceptable and representative of the significant risk media workers face in Bangladesh. Journalists must be allowed to carry out their work without fear of violence, intimidation, or death, and it is up to the state to guarantee their safety. Failure to do so undermines the fundamental right to freedom of expression and freedom of the press. The IFJ condemns in the strongest of terms the heinous killing of Golam Rabbani Nadim and demands a thorough investigation into the incident immediately.”
Earlier, some 10-12 people attacked Nadim in Bakshiganj Bazar area while he along with his colleague Al Mujahid Babu was returning home by a motorcycle around 10:00pm on June 14.
The miscreants with local arms attacked Nadeem randomly and took him to a dark lane dragging. When Mujahid tried to stop even he was assaulted.
later, Mujahid with the help of the locals rushed journalist Nadeem to a nearby hospital, later, he was referred to MMCH for better treatment.
He said "We along with Nadeem covered news against Sadhupara Union Chairman Mahmud Alam Babu. After the news chairman was agitated and filed a case under Digital Security Act (DSA) against us."
However, a Mymensingh cyber tribunal dismissed the case, said Mujahid describing the incident
After Nadeem's death, six people were detained confirmed Bakshiganj police station officer in charge Mohammad Sohel Rana.
On Thursday (June 15), at around 8 pm Jamalpur police chief ASP Suman Kanti Das disclosed the identities of the four arrested persons to Banglanews.
Off the six, four names were disclosed are - Golam Kibria Sumon, Md. Tofazzal, Aynal Haque and Md. Kofil Uddin.
Journalist Nadeem, succumbed to his injuries at a Mymensingh Medical College Hospital (MMCH) around 3pm on June 15.
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