{"id":160387,"date":"2026-06-16T10:52:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/?p=160387"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T08:53:00","slug":"bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

On 14 May, Farzana Rupa, a prominent presenter at Ekkator TV \u2013 a channel widely regarded as partisan to the Awami League during its time in government (2009-2024) \u2013 was produced before Bangladesh\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) along with the station's managing director and founder, Mozammel Babu, where the judges remanded them both back into custody. Earlier the prosecution had told the Tribunal that the investigation officer had found them complicit in the offence of \u201ccrimes against humanity\u201d as well as in forced disappearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both journalists have already spent over 21 months in pre-charge detention without bail on separate murder charges relating to their alleged roles in the hundreds of law enforcement killings that took place during the student protests which culminated in the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024. Till now, no evidence has been presented by prosecutors to show their criminal involvement in these murder cases, and their detention for these offences has already been widely criticised<\/a> by human rights organisations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new arrests relate to events eleven years earlier, on 5 May 2013, during the first of the Awami League's three consecutive terms in government, when security forces moved to disperse thousands of Hefazat-e-Islam supporters \u2013 an ultra-conservative Islamist organisation \u2013 who had gathered in their tens of thousands for a rally at Shapla Chattar in central Dhaka. The group had assembled to demand the<\/a> \u201ctrial of atheist bloggers\u201d and enactment of a new blasphemy law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time, the media reported<\/a> that at least 21 people were shot dead in Dhaka and on the outskirts of the capital city, though the true toll was heavily contested. The government admitted to 11 deaths, while a report by Human Rights Watch<\/a> documented at least 58 deaths including 8 members of the security forces. The Awami League government subsequently prosecuted two leaders of the Bangladeshi human rights organisation Odhikar \u2013 which had published a report citing 61 deaths \u2013 on charges of \"prejudicing the image of the state\u201d. The government did not set up any investigations into the killings themselves and no members of the security forces was held to account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs this journalism?\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors from the ICT have not yet furnished the lawyers representing Babu and Rupa with the legal grounds for their arrests. At a press conference<\/a> on 7 May, however, the tribunal's chief prosecutor, Aminul Islam \u2013 appointed by the newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party \u2013 \u00a0sought to justify the detentions publicly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey broadcast distorted news. They concealed the homicides. They spread propaganda to the people. Is this journalism?\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Islam pointed to a documentary called \u201cShamikaran\u201d [Equation] , broadcast by Ekkator TV in 2014 and presented by Farzana Rupa, which he claimed \u201cdistorted the language, the facts, and the information to such an extent she was claiming that not a single person was killed or injured. You tell me, was that a correct statement? Yet, we have identified 32 people [killed] at that spot.\u201d He then went on to suggest that it was \u201cclearly evident\u201d from this report that \u201cshe was involved in the\u00a0plan<\/em>\u00a0of what was to happen at Shapla Chattar. That she was part of the total mechanism beforehand. That is the crime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t

\r\n\t\t
FIND THIS ARTICLE INTERESTING?<\/div>\r\n\t\t
\r\n\t\t\tSign up now for our (free) newsletter<\/a> to make sure you don't miss out on other publications of this type. \t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t\n\n\n

On the question of Babu\u2019s arrest, the chief prosecutor said: \"He was present there all night long,\" and that whilst other TV stations had been prevented from broadcasting that night, \"his live programme continued. And he was concealing the killings. What was his interest? He is a journalist; he should have presented the true facts neutrally before the nation\u2026 If he didn't, then what was his purpose? Why did he do that? This means he was involved with the total mechanism.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The chief prosecutor did not explain how a documentary about the violence of 5 May 2013, broadcast the following year, could constitute evidence of the presenter's prior involvement in planning the killings that took place that day. He also did not point to any specific broadcast made by the station that night which could implicate Babu in criminal conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hamidul Misbah, the lawyer acting for Babu, said he thought the prosecution was \u201cunprecedented\u201d, raising \u201cserious questions regarding the boundaries between lawful journalistic activity and criminal liability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJournalists are often required to report on controversial events, scrutinise matters of public importance, and present information that may not be viewed favourably by particular sections of the society. However, the fact that journalistic work may be controversial or unpopular cannot justify its treatment as conduct amounting to crimes against humanity,\u201d Misbah said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monphool Chandrabawti, the daughter of Rupa, now 19 years of age, said that she was \u201cheartbroken\u201d seeing her mother \u201cfacing allegations of crimes against humanity\u201d. \u201cHer reporting occurred a year after the events had already taken place, and numerous other journalists reported on the same events,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWeaponizing\u201d the ICT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

International human rights organisations have also strongly condemned the arrests of the two journalists. \u201cEditorial decisions on covering a contested political incident are not crimes against humanity, and using an international criminal law framework to punish journalists circumvents the basic protections guaranteed to the press under Bangladesh\u2019s own constitution while also violating international human rights conventions,\u201d said Kun\u0101l Majumder, the Asia-Pacific Program Coordinator of the Campaign for Press Freedom. \u201cBangladeshi authorities must stop weaponizing the International Crimes Tribunal to target journalists and immediately release Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smriti Singh, South Asia Regional Director of Amnesty International added to the criticism: \u201cFarzana Rupa and Mozammel Haque [Babu], who are already in detention, now face vague new charges relating to a story that was aired more than a decade ago. Their arrest in a case related to crimes against humanity is an affront to fundamental principles of press freedom and sets a dangerous precedent that threatens the right of all journalists to report without fear of retaliation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Journalists have very rarely been the subject of a prosecution for crimes against humanity or other international crimes. One of the few successful cases arose from the Rwandan genocide, in which some of the owners and journalists of Radio-T\u00e9l\u00e9vision Libre des Mille Collines, as well as the chief editor of the newspaper Kangura<\/em> were convicted for their roles in inciting the mass killing of Tutsis during the hundred days between April and July 1994. In the case<\/a> against them before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)<\/a>, members of the radio station were convicted on the basis of broadcasts in which reporters repeatedly called for the \"extermination\" of the \"cockroaches\" \u2013 the term used to dehumanise and designate the Tutsi population as targets of violence. One of the articles published by Kangura, which resulted in the conviction of the newspaper\u2019s chief editor stated that, \u201cLet\u2019s hope the Inyenzi [cockroaches] will have the courage to understand what is going to happen and realize that if they make a small mistake, they will be exterminated; if they make the mistake of attacking again, there will be none of them left in Rwanda, not even a single accomplice\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ICT has not yet made any claim that Ekkator TV, Babu or Rupa has stated anything that meets the kind of evidence that would meet the standard of \u201cdirect and public incitement\u201d to commit an international crime that the ICTR required in its media trials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The two journalists, who are due to be questioned by the ICT investigators, are not the only people accused in this case. In March 2025, the Tribunal issued arrest warrants for the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina<\/a>, the then Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Benazir Ahmed, seven other politicians and members of the security forces. Most of the nine accused now live outside Bangladesh. In November, the ICT also issued a similar warrant for the arrest of Shahriar Kabir, a well-known campaigner against Islamic fundamentalism who had advocated for the prosecution of those who collaborated with the Pakistan military during Bangladesh\u2019s 1971 War of Independence.<\/p>\n\n\n

\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t
Recommended reading<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t
\"In<\/div><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\tJustice vs justice\r\n\t\t<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":160382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[2653],"ji_location":[2119],"class_list":["post-160387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-tribunals","tag-crime-against-humanity","ji_location-bangladesh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nBangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"JusticeInfo.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JusticeInfo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-16T08:52:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-16T08:53:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Bergman\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@justiceinfonet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@justiceinfonet\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Bergman\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Bergman\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/887c33b1b86a270e7a8bfa64e867c69e\"},\"headline\":\"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-16T08:52:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-16T08:53:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html\"},\"wordCount\":1343,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"crime against humanity\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National tribunals\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html\",\"name\":\"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-16T08:52:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-16T08:53:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Journalist Farzana Rupa (3R) at a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh\u2019s capital city, when she was first arrested on August 22, 2024. She is now charged with crimes against humanity, alongside her former colleague Mozammel Babu. Photo : \u00a9 AFP\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/\",\"name\":\"JusticeInfo.net\",\"description\":\"For justice to be done, it must be seen\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Justice Info\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/justiceinfo_logo-trans_1200x1200px.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/justiceinfo_logo-trans_1200x1200px.png\",\"width\":1199,\"height\":1200,\"caption\":\"Justice Info\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JusticeInfo\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/justiceinfonet\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/justice-info\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyCEsARodyuWtkWyhn-e7pA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"David Bergman\",\"url\":\"\/en\/?s=David Bergman\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists","description":"The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists","og_description":"The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html","og_site_name":"JusticeInfo.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JusticeInfo\/","article_published_time":"2026-06-16T08:52:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-06-16T08:53:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"David Bergman","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists","twitter_creator":"@justiceinfonet","twitter_site":"@justiceinfonet","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"David Bergman","Est. reading time":"8 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html"},"author":{"name":"David Bergman","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/887c33b1b86a270e7a8bfa64e867c69e"},"headline":"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists","datePublished":"2026-06-16T08:52:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-16T08:53:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html"},"wordCount":1343,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg","keywords":["crime against humanity"],"articleSection":["National tribunals"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html","url":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html","name":"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-16T08:52:57+00:00","dateModified":"2026-06-16T08:53:00+00:00","description":"The arrest of two senior journalists for the offence of crimes against humanity has prompted serious concerns about press freedom and judicial overreach by the country\u2019s International Crimes Tribunal.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Bangladesh_journalists-arrest_@AFP.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"Journalist Farzana Rupa (3R) at a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh\u2019s capital city, when she was first arrested on August 22, 2024. She is now charged with crimes against humanity, alongside her former colleague Mozammel Babu. Photo : \u00a9 AFP"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/160387-bangladesh-war-crimes-justice-turns-against-journalists.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Bangladesh\u2019s war crimes justice turns against journalists"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/","name":"JusticeInfo.net","description":"For justice to be done, it must be seen","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#organization","name":"Justice Info","url":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/justiceinfo_logo-trans_1200x1200px.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/justiceinfo_logo-trans_1200x1200px.png","width":1199,"height":1200,"caption":"Justice Info"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/JusticeInfo\/","https:\/\/x.com\/justiceinfonet","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/justice-info","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCyCEsARodyuWtkWyhn-e7pA"]},{"@type":"Person","name":"David Bergman","url":"\/en\/?s=David Bergman"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160387"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160394,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160387\/revisions\/160394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160387"},{"taxonomy":"ji_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ji_location?post=160387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}