Tasneem Khalil
Tasneem Khalil is an exiled Bangladeshi journalist. He is Editor in chief of Netra News.[1] He previously worked for The Daily Star and was a stringer for CNN and a consultant for Human Rights Watch.[2] During the 2006–2008 Bangladesh emergency, he was detained on 11 May 2007 and tortured while in the custody of Bangladesh's intelligence service.[2][3] Khalil currently lives in Örebro, Sweden, where he is publisher and editor of Independent World Report, a world news magazine focused on human rights issues.[4]
Tasneem Khalil | |
|---|---|
| Born | ca. 1981 |
| Disappeared | 11 May 2007 at 12:50 a.m. Sangsad Bhavan Army Camp |
| Status | Released 22 hours later and afterwards went into exile |
| Nationality | Bangladesh |
| Citizenship | Sweden |
| Education | North South University, Bangladesh (Linguistics/English) Malmö University, Sweden (Human Rights) |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor & publisher |
| Years active | since 2000 |
| Employer | Independent World Report (current publisher & editor), The Daily Star (former Bangladesh journalist), CNN (former stringer) |
| Organization | Human Rights Watch (consultant) |
| Known for | Human rights reporting |
| Spouse(s) | Sharmin Afsana Suchi |
| Children | Tiyash |
| Website | tasneemkhalil |
References
- ↑ "Bangladesh blocks Sweden-based Netra News" (in en). New Age. https://www.newagebd.net/article/95471/bangladesh-blocks-sweden-based-netra-news. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Bangladeshi journalist arrested". CNN. 11 May 2007. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/05/10/thursday/. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ World in Brief. 11 May 2007. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/10/AR2007051002533.html. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ↑ Öhlén, Mats (12 September 2010). Bangladesh – Sweden – The World. http://www.stockholmnews.com/more.aspx?NID=5934. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
Other website
- Tasneem Khalil
- About Independent World Report Archived 2017-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Bangladesh interrogation centre where Britons were taken to be tortured The Guardian (17 January 2011)