RSF_en Follow the news on Bangladesh BangladeshAsia – Pacific Condemning abusesProtecting journalists CorruptionDisappearances Bangladeshi writer and blogger dies in detention February 22, 2021 Find out more Help by sharing this information BangladeshAsia – Pacific Condemning abusesProtecting journalists CorruptionDisappearances Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Bangladeshi government to do everything possible to find Mushfiqur Rahman, a TV reporter who had received a death threat before going missing in Dhaka two days ago. Home minister Assaduzzaman Khan (left) must do everything possible to ensure that the police find Mushfiqur Rahman (photos : AFP – ourtimebd.com). News News Bangladesh is ranked 150th out of 180 countries in RSF’s 2019 World Press Freedom Index, four places lower than in 2018. May 19, 2021 Find out more Receive email alerts
Rahman’s mysterious disappearance occurred two weeks after he received a death threat by telephone on 22 July. In the complaint he filed the next day with the police in Pallabi, the Dhaka district where he lives, he mentioned his investigation into corruption involving several governors of an important secondary school in Comilla, a city 110 km east of Dhaka. Mushfiqur Rahman has been missing since the evening of 3 August, when he was last seen in CCTV footage getting on the back of a motorcycle-taxi. That was after leaving his office at Mohona TV at around 5 pm, dining with his uncle in the residential neighbourhood of Gulshand and talking with his wife, Salma Rahman, by telephone. “I talked to my husband at 7:03 pm over the phone. He spoke normally,” she told the Daily Star newspaper. His mobile phone was turned off at around 9 pm. News August 5, 2019 Bangladeshi TV reporter missing in Dhaka Organisation to go further Bangladeshi reporter fatally shot by ruling party activists February 26, 2021 Find out more RSF calls for the release of Bangladeshi journalist Rozina Islam, unfairly accused of espionage “We urge home minister Assaduzzaman Khan to do everything possible to ensure that the police find this journalist and his abductors as quickly as possible,” said Daniel Bastard, the head of RSF’s Asia-Pacific desk. “Thanks to the many clues, this case offers the government an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to protecting Bangladesh’s journalists, who are often the victims of extreme violence.” News
November 27, 2020 Find out more ChadAfrica On journalist Eric Topona’s 100th day in detention and five days before his trial is due to start in N’Djamena, Reporters Without Borders is today launching a petition for his release and the release of fellow-journalist Moussaye Avenir de la Tchiré and the blogger Jean Etienne Laokolé. Sign the petition .“These three men, who are being held at Amsinene military camp in N’Djamena, are not conspirators,” Reporters Without Borders said. “They are just independent or opposition news providers who offer critical coverage of the situation in Chad, and we therefore urge Chadian citizens and members of the international public to use this petition to say they think their detention has gone on for too long.”“We are not saying that these news providers cannot be prosecuted if they are accused of something, but we think that their detention is excessive and we think they should be released prior to being brought to trial.”A number of government critics were arrested arbitrarily during a three-month period that began in March. They included Laokolé, arrested on 22 March, Topona, arrested on 6 May and De La Tchiré, arrested on 7 May. When detaining several opposition parliamentarians around the same time as Topona and De La Tchiré, officials claimed that the arrests had foiled a conspiracy against the government. The authorities also accused Topona and Laokolé of being in contact with Makaila Nguebla, a blogger living abroad.Topona, who is general secretary of the Union of Chadian Journalists, was initially charged with “endangering constitutional order.” But the charge he will face when his trial opens on 19 August is “proposing to organize a conspiracy that did not materialize.”De la Tchiré, who is the publisher of the newspaper Abba Garde, is charged with “inciting hatred and inciting a popular uprising.” There has been no positive response to any of the provisional release requests presented by the three detainees’ lawyers.More information on this affair . October 7, 2020 Find out more August 14, 2013 – Updated on January 20, 2016 RWB launches petition for release of three N’Djamena detainees Reports Organisation Help by sharing this information ChadAfrica December 1, 2020 Find out more Many historic publications threatened with closure in Chad
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Boston, MA-based psychedelic jam band The Jauntee and NYC local livetronica favorites Digital Frontier are teaming up for a special Valentine’s Day Musical Feast of LOVE at American Beauty in New York, NY, on Tuesday, February 14th. Tickets for the show are currently on sale and can be purchased here.The Jauntee has been making the rounds of the Northeast music scene, playing over one hundred shows a year at venue’s such as Nectar’s, Paradise Rock Club, and The Spot Underground, along with a number festivals such as Catskill Chill, Disc Jam, Strange Creek, and more. Their unique blend of psychedelic rock, jazz, funk, and an ability to explore new territories from an improvisational-based standpoint, has garnered The Jauntee a rabid, and very loyal fanbase. Certainly a name to look out for in 2017.Digital Frontier, better known as DigiFront by their local NYC contingent, recently played their first show in several years at the Bowery Ballroom with Horizon Wireless. A mainstay of the scene in the mid-2000’s, the group of Luke Stocker (bass), Jesse Stocker (flute/synth), Matt Smilkstein (keys/synth), and Sol “Monty” Montoya (drums) decided it was time to get back together and once again make the ambient, futuristic, and harmoniously jazz-influenced beats that DigiFront has always been known for.Check out some recent footage of both bands in honor of this love filled occasion!The Jauntee – When the Love Is – 12/5/2015Digital Frontier “Smilkstein’s Day Off” (from The Basement Sessions 10/30/16)– SHOW INFO –Artist/s: The Jauntee & Digital Frontier Valentine’s Day Musical Feast of LOVEVenue: American Beauty – 251 W. 30th Street – New York, NY 10001Date: Tuesday – February 14th, 2017Time: Doors 7pm / Show 8pmTickets: $12adv / $15dos (purchase tickets here)Enter To Win Tickets:
Northern District Bankruptcy Court to amend its rules The United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Florida has proposed changes to its local rules.Beginning June 5, the text of these changes may be found on the court’s Web site at www.flnb.uscourts.gov.Comments from members of the Bar and public are invited and should be directed to: Local Rules Committee, c/o William J. Miller, Jr., 106 East Fourth Ave., Tallahassee 32303, e-mail [email protected], no later than noon on June 30. June 1, 2006 Regular News Northern District Bankruptcy Court to amend its rules