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| Type | News website |
|---|---|
| Format | Online |
| Publisher | Bangladesh Media Network |
| Editor-in-chief | Tasneem Khalil |
| Editor | David Bergman |
| Language | English and Bangla |
| Headquarters | Malmö, Sweden |
| Website | https://netra.news |
Netra News (Bengali: নেত্র নিউজ) is a Sweden-based investigative and public interest journalism platform[1] focusing on Bangladesh. The platform was launched on Dec. 26, 2019, by Tasneem Khalil, an exiled Bangladeshi journalist currently living in Sweden, who acts as its editor-in chief.[2]
Within 72 hours of its inception, the website was blocked by authorities in Bangladesh,[3] with Khalil himself alleging[4] and media reports suggesting that Bangladesh's military intelligence agency, Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), orchestrated the ban.[5] On 14 August 2022, Netra news came into international prominence for a whistleblower report alleging that Bangladesh officials were holding and torturing victims of enforced disappearances at Aynaghar (house of mirrors), a secret detention facility in Bangladesh.[6][7]
- ^ "Bangladesh journalist's disappearance casts poor light on press freedom". Deutsche Welle. 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "About". Netra News. Retrieved 2021-07-08.
- ^ "Bangladesh blocks Sweden-based Netra News". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "Free Speech under fire: investigative journalism censored in Bangladesh". Chaos Press. 2020-02-11. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "Bangladesh blocks news website accusing minister of corruption". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ "Former Detainees Describe Secret Prison in Bangladesh". VOA. Voice of America. Retrieved 30 August 2022.
- ^ "Secret prisoners of Dhaka". Netra News — নেত্র নিউজ. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022.