Bangladesh: Journalist killed following live coverage of extortion

Bangladesh: Journalist Hacked to Death, PEC Demands Justice

Geneva, 8 August 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of a journalist in the capital city of Bangladesh and urged the interim regime in Dhaka to nab the killers of  Md Asaduzzaman Tuhin. He was hacked to death by some miscreants in the Gazipur locality on 7 August evening. Tuhin (40 years old), who was associated with the Mymensingh-based Bengali newspaper Dainik Pratidiner K…

Journalist hacked to death in Bangladesh, PEC demands justice

GENEVA, 8 Aug: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of a journalist in the capital city of Bangladesh and urged the interim regime in Dhaka to nab the killers. Md Asaduzzaman Tuhin (40), who was associated with Mymensingh-based Bengali newspaper Dainik Pratidiner Kagoj, was hacked […]

Bangladesh: Journalist hacked to death, PEC demands justice

Geneva, August 8: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of a journalist in the capital city of Bangladesh and urged the interim regime in Dhaka to nab the killers of Md Asaduzzaman Tuhin, who was hacked to death by some miscreants in Gazipur locality on […]

Bangladesh: Journalist killed following live coverage of extortion

Dhaka, Aug 8, 2025 In yet another case of growing violence against journalists in Bangladesh, a reporter working for a Bangladeshi daily was publicly hacked to death in Chandana Chowrasta of Gazipur district, just hours after he went live on social media to expose extortion from street vendors and local shops in the area. The deceased, identified as 38-year-old Asaduzzaman Tuhin was a staff reporter for the ‘Daily Protidiner Kagoj’ in Gazipur. T…