New Delhi, August 11, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Bangladeshi authorities to swiftly and thoroughly investigate the brutal killing of journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin and bring all those responsible to justice.
Tuhin, a staff reporter for the Bangla-language daily Protidiner Kagoj in Gazipur, a suburb of Dhaka, was chased and hacked to death by a group of armed assailants around 8 p.m. on August 7, 2025, according to multiple news reports and his outlet.
“We condemn the killing of Bangladeshi journalist Asaduzzaman Tuhin, who was attacked while carrying out his work,” said CPJ Regional Director Beh Lih Yi. “Authorities must identify and prosecute everyone responsible for this brutal attack and take urgent, concrete measures to ensure journalists in Bangladesh can work freely and without fear.”
Citing CCTV footage and witness accounts, the local daily newspaper Protidiner Kagoj reported that shortly before the attack, Tuhin had been filming an incident in which several armed men attempted to assault a man following a dispute with a woman. Police told the outlet they believe Tuhin was targeted because he recorded the incident on his phone. According to Protidiner Kagoj, after the assailants spotted him filming, they ordered him to delete the video, but Tuhin refused and identified himself as a journalist. CCTV footage shows the men chased him into a nearby tea shop and killed him with machetes, newspaper Prothom Alo reported.
The police have detained and are interrogating five suspects, Protidiner Kagoj said.
Police spokesperson Enamul Haque Sagor did not respond to CPJ’s emailed request for comment.
Over the past year, Bangladesh’s journalists have suffered a spate of violence, threats, and jailings. Since 1992, 26 journalists in the country have been killed for their work.
This content originally appeared on Committee to Protect Journalists and was authored by CPJ Staff.