After Murders LGBT leaders in Bangladesh, National Press Club Urges Justice

After Murders LGBT leaders in Bangladesh, National Press Club Urges Justice

02/05/2016 0 Di Redazione

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Xulhaz Mannan and the crime scene

Xulhaz Man­nan and the cri­me sce­ne

Natio­nal Press Club lea­ders expres­sed outra­ge Tue­sday about the mur­der of two peo­ple, inclu­ding a jour­na­li­st, in Ban­gla­desh.

Xulhaz Man­nan, edi­tor of Roo­p­baan, an LGBT maga­zi­ne, and Tanay Moju­m­dara friend of Man­na­n’s, were hac­ked to death in Man­na­n’s apart­ment in the capi­tal, Dha­ka, on April 25, accor­ding to news reports. Ansar al-Islam, an Al Que­da affi­lia­ted Isla­mi­st orga­ni­za­tion has taken respon­si­bi­li­ty for the attack, accor­ding to CNN.

Man­nan was also a USAID wor­ker and a pro­mi­nent lea­der of the LGBT com­mu­ni­ty of Ban­gla­desh, whe­re homo­se­xua­li­ty is ille­gal. His mur­der is only the late­st in a slew of bra­zen attacks on jour­na­lists, aca­de­mics and human rights acti­vists in the coun­try.

“The bru­tal mur­ders of jour­na­lists, aca­de­mics and human rights acti­vists in Ban­gla­desh over the past year are dee­ply distres­sing,” said NPC Pre­si­dent Tho­mas Burr. “The Ban­gla­de­shi govern­ment has a duty to pro­tect jour­na­lists, to bring their mur­de­rers to justi­ce and to ensu­re the right to free speech.”

“Man­na­n’s mur­der is not just an attack on ano­ther human being but an attack on free speech in one of the lar­ge­st demo­cra­cies in the world,” said Burr.

The Natio­nal Press Club is the worl­d’s lea­ding pro­fes­sio­nal orga­ni­za­tion for jour­na­lists. Throu­gh its Press Free­dom Com­mit­tee, the club pro­mo­tes free­dom of expres­sion and trans­pa­ren­cy.

The Natio­nal Press Club Jour­na­li­sm Insti­tu­te is the clu­b’s non-pro­fit affi­lia­te. It is com­mit­ted to advan­cing jour­na­li­stic prac­ti­ce by equip­ping pro­fes­sio­nals with the skills and com­pe­ten­ce to inno­va­te, leve­ra­ging emer­ging trends, reco­gni­zing lea­ders and inno­va­tors, and men­to­ring the next gene­ra­tion of jour­na­li­sm and com­mu­ni­ca­tions pro­fes­sio­nals.

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