Mithila Farzana

Mithila Farzana
মিথিলা ফারজানা
Farzana in 2018
Former Head of Current Affairs at Ekattor Television
Counsellor at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa, Canada
In office
15 November 2023 – 30 August 2024
Personal details
NationalityBangladeshi

Mithila Farzana, born Mobashwira Farzana Mithila, is a Bangladeshi journalist and former counsellor at the Bangladesh High Commission in Ottawa, Canada.[1][2] She was the Head of Current Affairs at Ekattor Television.[3]

Farzana was a lecturer of the Institute of Disaster Management in the University of Dhaka.[4]

She was among the 32 journalists that have had a complaint filed against them at the International Crimes Tribunal accusing them of genocide related to the deaths during protests which removed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from office,[5] however Farzana was busy working as a counsellor in Canada during the protests in Bangladesh.

Additionally, the Director of Advocacy and Assistance of Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Antoine Bernard has said about the accusations, "the purge of journalists who are considered to be affiliated with the former government has reached a new level. Media professionals are bearing the brunt of the need for vengeance that permeates this terrible legal cabal..."[6]

  1. ^ "Journalist Mithila Farzana appointed as director of foreign ministry". The Daily Observer. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  2. ^ "Farzana Mithila's contractual appointment cancelled". Daily Sun. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  3. ^ "Mithila Farzana appointed as a director of foreign ministry". The Daily Star. 2023-11-08. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ^ Hossain, Rafi (2016-12-24). "Mithila Farzana". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  5. ^ "Hasina, 29 journalists among 53 facing genocide charges at International Criminal Tribunal". Hasina, 29 journalists among 53 charged at ICT. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  6. ^ "RSF demands release of journos sued over crimes against humanity, death of protesters". The Business Standard. 2024-08-31. Retrieved 2024-11-03.