Julfikar Ali Manik

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Julfikar Ali Manik is a Bangladeshi journalist and writer known for his reporting on Islamic extremism in Bangladesh. [1] [2] He has written for The Daily Star, [3] Dhaka Tribune, [4] The New York Times, [5] Mint, [6] The Seatle Times, [7] The Orange County Register, [8] South Asia Citizens Wire, [9] and The Business Standard. [10]

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Early life

Manik's parents were AM Ataul Haque, the first Chief of the Bangladesh Navy, and his mother was Begum Fazilatunnessa. [11] He has six brothers and three sisters. [11] His elder brother, Enamul Haque Md. Al Mamun, disappeared on 10 August 2006. [11]

Career

Manik started working as a journalist in 1990. [12]

Manik received awards from the Bangladesh Press Institute and Transparency International Bangladesh in 2001. [12]

In 2004, Manik started working as a stringer for The New York Times. [12] From 2004 to 2013, he worked at The Daily Star. [12] [13] Manik became a Dart Asia Fellow in 2013. [12] He was critical of Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006, being used to target journalists and leading to self-censorship. [14] He was awarded the Gerald Loeb Award for his reporting on the Rana Plaza collapse. [15]

Manik was a planning consultant for Boishakhi TV. [16] He supported hiring Tashnuva Anan Shishir as the first transgender anchor in Bangladesh at Boishakhi TV. [17]

After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina led Awami League government, about 1000 journalists were targeted after being "deemed too secular". [18] [19] Manik has also been targeted for his reporting against Islamic extremism and terrorism. [18] Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit sought information on his bank accounts along with 26 other journalists and media professionals. [20]

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References

  1. CSW UK (2018-02-23). Journalists under Threat in Bangladesh with Julfikar Ali Manik. youtube.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25 via YouTube.
  2. Zoll, Patrick (2018-12-27). "Wer den Islamismus kritisiert, lebt gefährlich: Der Journalist Julfikar Ali Manik über Recherchieren in Bangladesh". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in Swiss High German). ISSN   0376-6829 . Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  3. "Julfikar Ali Manik". The Daily Star. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  4. "Julfikar Ali Manik". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  5. Sengupta, Somini; Manik, Julfikar Ali (2023-06-18). "Why a Huge Coal Power Plant in Bangladesh Keeps Running Out of Coal". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  6. "Julfikar Ali Manik". Mint. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  7. "JULFIKAR ALI MANIK | The Seattle Times". www.seattletimes.com. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  8. "Julfikar Ali Manik". Orange County Register. 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  9. "Julfikar Ali Manik - South Asia Citizens Web". www.sacw.net. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  10. "Julfikar Ali Manik". The Business Standard. 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  11. 1 2 3 "Missing". today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Julfikar Ali Manik's schedule for IJAsia16". ijasia16.sched.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  13. "Bangladesh: Where Corruption Flows". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  14. Iftikhar, Aliya (2017-12-08). "Bangladesh's defamation law is 'avenue to misuse power,' local journalists say". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  15. "Julfikar Ali Manik wins Gerald Loeb Awards". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  16. "Muzzling journalism for absolute political control: journalists and researchers". ti-bangladesh.org. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  17. "'I was shaking inside': Bangladesh's first transgender TV anchor". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  18. 1 2 "Muhammad Yunus faces criticism over press repression in Bangladesh". The Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  19. "Why is Bangladesh's Nobel Peace Laureate Imprisoning Journalists?". American Enterprise Institute . Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  20. "Bank Accounts of 29 Individuals, Including 26 Journalists, Summoned". rtvonline.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.