Masuda Bhatti

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Masuda Bhatti is a Bangladeshi journalist who is currently a Commissioner of the Information Commission. [1] Bhatti was known for filing a defamation lawsuit against Barrister Mainul Hosein who is connected with the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and editor of New Nation daily and Daily Ittefaq. [2] [3]

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Early life

Bhatti was born in 1973 in Faridpur District. [4]

Career

In 2007, Bhatti worked as a journalist based in London. [5] She worked as the executive editor of a weekly newspaper in London. [6] She had contributed to Ajker Kagoj, Janomot, Moscow Time, and Prothom Alo. [4]

Bhatti was working as a columnist in 2010. [7]

Barrister Mainul Hosein made insulting comments about Bhatti in a television show in 2018. [8] Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Md Kaisarul Islam sent Hosein to jail in October in nine defamation cases filed over the incident including one by Bhatti. [9] Hosein was sued under the Digital Security Act. [10]

In August 2023, Bhatti was appointed Information Commissioner of Bangladesh along with retired District and Sessions Judge Shahidul Alam Jhinuk. [11] She replaced Suraiya Begum. [11] They will serve under chief information commissioner Dr Abdul Malek. [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "Masuda Bhatti, Shahidul Alam Jhinuk appointed as new information commissioners". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh: Concerns Over Free Speech Continue With Opposition-Linked Lawyer's Arrest". The Wire. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  3. ↑ "Bangladeshi editor Mainul Hosein jailed on defamation charge". HW News English. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  4. 1 2 Ahmed, Faruque (2009-03-20). Bengali Journals and Journalism in Britain (1916-2007). Lulu.com. p. 167. ISBN   978-0-557-05113-7.
  5. ↑ Ullah, Ansar Ahmed (5 May 2007). "Hague Conference Concern over violation of women's rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  6. ↑ Riaz, Ali (2004). God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. xii. ISBN   978-0-7425-3084-3.
  7. ↑ "Feeling of insecurity among ethnic people increases to all-time high". The Daily Star. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  8. ↑ "Senior journos ask Mainul to apologise". The Daily Star. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  9. ↑ "Defamation Suit: Mainul sent to prison". The Daily Star. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  10. ↑ "Mainul sued under Digital Security Act". The Daily Star. 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  11. 1 2 "Masuda Bhatti, Shahidul Alam become information commissioners". Prothomalo. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  12. ↑ "Two information commissioners appointed". Dhaka Tribune . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
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