‘Journalists were scared to death’: Bangladesh newspaper Prothom Alo goes unpublished for first time in 27 years; editor recounts ‘darkest night’ of media attack
A mob of protesters set the offices of Bangladeshi newspapers Prothom Alo and The Daily Star on fire after Sharif Osman Hadi, Bangladesh’s youth leader, was killed after being shot in the head on December 12.According to witnesses, hundreds of Hadi’s supporters chanted slogans before setting the building in Dhaka on fire around midnight. Bangladesh…
