Overview
- The special tribunal, which ordered the three journalists held on Aug. 24, 2026, told investigators to file findings and set the next hearing for Oct. 25.
- Mozammel Babu, Farzana Rupa and Shyamal Dutta face charges including murder and crimes against humanity that prosecutors say stem from questions they asked at a July 14, 2024 press conference.
- Prosecutors allege the reporters’ questions prompted then–prime minister Sheikh Hasina to make remarks that preceded a deadly July–August 2024 crackdown in which hundreds died.
- Families say the journalists have been detained illegally for years after their arrests under the interim government of Muhammad Yunus and before the current trial proceedings.
- International groups such as the Committee to Protect Journalists have urged authorities to drop the case and warned the prosecutions could chill independent reporting and deepen political tensions linked to the 2024 unrest.