Bangladesh: Fear for safety / Death threats

Index Number: ASA 13/016/2003
Date Published: 17 June 2003
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Bangladesh

In January 2001, journalist Tipu Sultan was brutally attacked in his home town of Feni after he published an article criticising a local politician. Tipu Sultan, members of his family and Bakhtiar Islam Munna, who saw the beating, have all been warned that they will be killed if the case against those who carried out the attack is not withdrawn.