Bangladesh: Journalist killers given life imprisonment
IFJ 21 January 2021 Bangladesh: Journalist killers given life imprisonment Five men have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Humayun Kabir Balu, sixteen years after he was killed in a targeted explosion in Khulna in 2004. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the conviction of the killers and calls for stronger action against rampant impunity for crimes against journalists in Bangladesh. Humayun Kabir Balu with his children before he was murdered in 2004. Balu was killed when his attackers threw two bombs in front of his house in Khulna C...
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