Bangladesh Journalist Charged With Defamation Goes Missing

Bangladeshi photographers gather in a protest and formed a human chain demanding government trace missing photojournalist Shafiqul Islam Kajal, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 18, 2020. Shafiqul Islam Kazal went missing on 10th of this month, a day after defamation charges were lodged against him by an influential governing party legislator. Kazal, who worked as a senior photographer for several top dailies and edited his own small newspaper, disappeared after leaving his Dhaka home for work.