Ahidul Islam

Journalist and Bolgger,
Believe in Humility

[Sajeeb Wazed @sajeebwazed]

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[CPJ Asia @CPJAsia]

#Bangladesh: After 100 days in office, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman must start living up to his election manifesto pledge of protecting press freedom by breaking the cycle of partisan persecution of journalists in Bangladesh, the Committee to Protect Journalists said.

Bangladesh has had three governments in under two years: the administration of long-time leader Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League, ousted in August 2024; the interim government of Muhammad Yunus; and, since February 2026, the government of Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

Through each transition, journalists have been detained, prosecuted, surveilled, attacked, and vilified — often for their perceived alignment with whichever government had just fallen. Recently, a concerning report by The Daily Star revealed that police are conducting background checks and profiling journalists across the country.

Here're 10 key steps to restoring press freedom in Bangladesh ⤵️

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#PressFreedom @trahmanbnp @bdbnp78

[CPJ Asia @CPJAsia]

#Bangladesh: Bangladeshi authorities must release journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu, who were recently arrested in a crimes-against-humanity case filed at the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT), the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.

On May 14, the ICT in the capital Dhaka showed Rupa, a former chief reporter and presenter at privately owned Ekattor TV, and Babu, the channel’s founder and former editor-in-chief, arrested in a case linked to the May 2013 crackdown on a rally by Islamist group Hefajat-e-Islam at Shapla Chattar. The tribunal sent the two journalists back to jail and set June 7 for submission of the investigation report. Former foreign minister Dipu Moni was also named in the case.

More: https://t.co/lPXH1K0Npy

#PressFreedom #JournalismIsNotACrime

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

নতুন সরকারের কাছে দাবি গ্রেফতার করা সাংবাদিকদের মুক্তি দিন। #PressFreedom #Bagladesh

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

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[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

People of Bangladsh waiting for a free, fair and inclusive election since 2014.

[Sajeeb Wazed @sajeebwazed]

This is not a vote, it’s a trap - to save Bangladesh, Bangladesh will not take part in this rigged election

The upcoming election in Bangladesh is not a transparent democratic process. It is a staged drama orchestrated by the illegal Jamaat-backed Yunus government. Another performance is underway to legitimize a rigged election. Just as extremist fundamentalist forces seized power in July–August by using ordinary students as a front, the same strategy is being applied again.

This government does not want to turn the election into a celebration of democracy. It wants to use the election as a tool to establish fundamentalism. Here, it is not the ballot box but a prewritten script that matters. Not the people’s opinion, but Yunus’s predetermined plan is the final word.

Today, the people of Bangladesh face a difficult but clear choice. Will they participate in this staged election and legitimize fundamentalism, or will they stay away from this farce and protect their future? The answer to this question lies not only at the polling station, but within one’s conscience.

An election from which the Bangladesh Awami League - the party that led the struggle for independence is deliberately excluded can never belong to the people. It is merely a tactic to seize power, a conspiracy to capture the state. Since coming to power, the illegal Jamaat-backed Yunus has pushed a once-organized country toward destruction. The economy, security, and social harmony are all under threat. Creating space for fundamentalism and militancy has become their core objective.

It is the responsibility of every parent in this country to ensure a safe and progressive Bangladesh for their children. To fulfill that responsibility, one must say no to fundamentalism, no to militancy, and no to this rigged election.

This is not a call for a vote boycott; it is a call to save the state. This is not about the interest of any party; it is about the future of Bangladesh.

Boycott this illegal, rigged election.
NO BOAT, NO VOTE

#Bangladesh #Elections #NoBoatNoVote

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

@seancarlson i will be Texas/Austin that time. if you invite me, i would try to join!

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

@seancarlson if you ever in Los Angeles. Please give me chance to cook for you.

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

Bangladesh streets are took over control by fanatic islamist millitant groups.

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

After that islam is a religion of Peace? How please explain?

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

নাটক কম করো। তুমি পদত্যাগ করবা না। এটা আমার জানি।

১৮৬ জন মানুষ পিটিয়ে হত্যার মামলা আসামী হবেন ইউনুস। #bangladesh #politi... https://t.co/ssfZbeshNr via @YouTube

[The Daily Star @dailystarnews]

২৬৬ জন সাংবাদিকের বিরুদ্ধে হত্যা বা সহিংস অপরাধের আসামি, এটা আমাদের অসম্মানের কারণ: মাহফুজ আনাম

#Bangladesh #NewsUpdate

[Rojita Adhikari @rojitaadhikari]

Nepali climber Kami Rita Sherpa scaled the world's highest peak Mount Everest for a record 27th time, beating his own previous record set last year. #Everest2023

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

@ESPNcricinfo #sakibalhasan

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

@rojitaadhikari @AJ101East @FIGRA_Festival @PateriyaRam @cgargoullaud @sharonroobol @nick_olle @krakenfilmsfr @Bishnukalpit Great!

[TIME @TIME]

Washington state's assault weapons bill would ban all AR-15 and AK-47 rifles. If passed, it would impose some of the strictest restrictions on assault weapons in the country https://t.co/IidJRlk6vN

[Reuters @Reuters]

Flightradar shows several European flights avoiding Belarus airspace after the country forced a Ryanair plane to land in Minsk https://t.co/IYIwP3YayD

[Ahidul Islam @ahidulmp]

Free #RomanProtasewitsch #BelarusHijacking #rayanair Journalism is not a crime.