Masuda Bhatti
Masuda Bhatti is a Bangladeshi journalist who was a Commissioner of the Information Commission.[1] She has been removed from her post on 21st January 2025 after allegations of serious misconduct against her were proven.[2] 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.[3][4]
Early life
[edit]Bhatti was born in 1973 in Faridpur District.[5]
Career
[edit]In 2007, Bhatti worked as a journalist based in London.[6] She worked as the executive editor of a weekly newspaper in London.[7] She had contributed to Ajker Kagoj, Janomot, Moscow Time, and Prothom Alo.[5]
Bhatti was working as a columnist in 2010.[8]
Barrister Mainul Hosein made insulting comments about Bhatti in a television show in 2018.[9] 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.[10] Hosein was sued under the Digital Security Act.[11]
In August 2023, Bhatti was appointed Information Commissioner of Bangladesh along with retired District and Sessions Judge Shahidul Alam Jhinuk.[12] She replaced Suraiya Begum.[12] They will serve under chief information commissioner Dr Abdul Malek.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ "Masuda Bhatti, Shahidul Alam Jhinuk appointed as new information commissioners". unb.com.bd. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ bdnews24.com. "Masuda Bhatti removed from post as information commissioner". Masuda Bhatti removed from post as information commissioner. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Bangladesh: Concerns Over Free Speech Continue With Opposition-Linked Lawyer's Arrest". The Wire. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "Bangladeshi editor Mainul Hosein jailed on defamation charge". HW News English. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ a b Ahmed, Faruque (2009-03-20). Bengali Journals and Journalism in Britain (1916-2007). Lulu.com. p. 167. ISBN 978-0-557-05113-7.
- ^ Ullah, Ansar Ahmed (5 May 2007). "Hague Conference Concern over violation of women's rights". The Daily Star. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
- ^ Riaz, Ali (2004). God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. xii. ISBN 978-0-7425-3084-3.
- ^ "Feeling of insecurity among ethnic people increases to all-time high". The Daily Star. 2010-03-16. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "Senior journos ask Mainul to apologise". The Daily Star. 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "Defamation Suit: Mainul sent to prison". The Daily Star. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "Mainul sued under Digital Security Act". The Daily Star. 2018-10-25. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ a b "Masuda Bhatti, Shahidul Alam become information commissioners". Prothomalo. 2023-08-24. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ "Two information commissioners appointed". Dhaka Tribune. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.