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]
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]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]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ CSW UK (2018-02-23). Journalists under Threat in Bangladesh with Julfikar Ali Manik. youtube.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25 – via YouTube.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Julfikar Ali Manik". The Daily Star. 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Julfikar Ali Manik". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Julfikar Ali Manik". Mint. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "JULFIKAR ALI MANIK | The Seattle Times". www.seattletimes.com. 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Julfikar Ali Manik". Orange County Register. 2017-03-17. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Julfikar Ali Manik - South Asia Citizens Web". www.sacw.net. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Julfikar Ali Manik". The Business Standard. 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ a b c "Missing". today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
- ^ a b c d e "Julfikar Ali Manik's schedule for IJAsia16". ijasia16.sched.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Bangladesh: Where Corruption Flows". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Julfikar Ali Manik wins Gerald Loeb Awards". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Muzzling journalism for absolute political control: journalists and researchers". ti-bangladesh.org. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "'I was shaking inside': Bangladesh's first transgender TV anchor". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ a b "Muhammad Yunus faces criticism over press repression in Bangladesh". The Tribune. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Why is Bangladesh's Nobel Peace Laureate Imprisoning Journalists?". American Enterprise Institute. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
- ^ "Bank Accounts of 29 Individuals, Including 26 Journalists, Summoned". rtvonline.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.