(FROM MARCH-ITO JULY 3)

July 3: Nazmul Hossain, a senior reporter of Jamuna Television, was sued for his June 23 Facebook post. The plaintiff, Hazrat Ali Belal, a lawyer of Dinajpur Bar Association, named three others for sharing the post.

June 14: A case was filed against Kazi Motaher Rahman Babu, editor of local daily in Khulna Somoyer Khobor, and its former reporter Shohag Dewan. Two officials of the district’s Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's Court accused them of publishing reports with misinformation.

June 13: A case was filed against bdnews24.com staff reporter Colam Mujtaba Dhruba for his report published two days ago. The plaintiff was a senior assistant judge of Manikganj.

June 6: Brae University teacher and senior journalist Afsan Chowdhury was sued. Lt Gen (retd) Masud Uddin Chowdhury filed a defamation case for one of his Facebook posts.

May 16: Nipun Chandra Das, Dashmina upazila correspondent of the Asian Age, and San joy Banerjee, upazila correspondent of the Dainik Janata, were sued. Sikder Golam Mostafa, secretary of Dashmina upazila Awami League in Patuakhali, filed the case following their reports on torture of a Hindu woman by a local gang who attempted to grab her land.

April 29: A private company filed a case against Ahmed Razu, executive editor of Natunsomay.com. He was accused of publishing two reports that allegedly tarnished the image of the company.

April 15: Ali Reza Ripon, brother of Narayanganj City Corporation Mayor Selina Hayat Ivy, filed a case against five local journalists for publishing reports that allegedly tarnished their image. The accused are Habibur Rahman Badal, editor and publisher of Dandy Barta; Raju Ahmed, editor of Narayanganjer Alo; its publisher Mobarak Hossain Kamal, Sifat Al Raman Linkon, head of news of Narayanganjbarta24.com, and its executive editor Mahmud Hasan Kachi.

March 30: Journalist Hasibur Rahman Rizu sued Hasan Ali, Kushtia correspondent of Bangla Vision and bdnews24.com, and Aslam Ali, staff correspondent of local Bangla daily Darpan, allegedly for their derogatory posts on Facebook against him.

March 25: Morsalin Babla, editor and publisher of Juger Chinta in Narayanganj, saw a case filed against him by Sohel Ali, president of Fatullah thana Jubo League, over publishing of a report.

March 1: Rajshahi University correspondent of Dainik Alokito Bangladesh, Mostafij Mishu was sued for his report on the formation of RU Chhatra League committee. Minami Islam, a former leader of the BCL unit, filed the case.