Masuda Bhatti Explained

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]

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.

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. They will serve under chief information commissioner Dr Abdul Malek.[12]

Notes and References

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

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