TIB: 496 journalists harassed in one year

Staff Correspondent

A report by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) said that a total of 496 journalists were harassed in the country between August 2024 and July 2025.

This information was revealed yesterday in a report titled “One Year After the Fall of the Authoritarian Government: Expectations and Achievements” at a press conference at the TIB office in Dhanmondi.

The report said that attacks and harassment of journalists, writers and human rights activists continued. 496 journalists have been harassed since the coup. Of these, 266 have been charged in murder cases related to the July coup. Three journalists were killed in attacks while on duty.

Stating that the media has lost its freedom during the interim government, it added that so far more than 24 media workers have been removed from their posts, editors of 8 newspapers and news editors of 11 private television channels have been dismissed, and at least 150 journalists have been dismissed. In addition, mobs are being created in media offices to create panic.

The TIB report also said that the press accreditation cards of 167 journalists were canceled in three phases due to the government’s controversial actions regarding press accreditation cards.

At the same time, TIB has also highlighted the carelessness of the interim government in implementing the Information Commission and making necessary reforms to the Right to Information Act.

The TIB report also noted that despite Bangladesh improving 16 places in the 2025 Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), freedom of expression and the overall state of the media are still questionable.

TIB has presented these assessments in a research report published on the overall situation in the country one year after the terrorist attacks in the name of the movement in July-August.