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Redwan Ahmed

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Bangladesh, Dhaka
Covers:  I mostly cover the Rohingya refugee crisis and modern-day slavery and exploitation in RMG industry of Bangladesh.
he | Journalist, Producer | @guardian @ft @scmpnews | @HRPressAwards 🏆 | #PressFreedom | Founder @bjimbd | +8801759501222

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Currently, a multi-media freelance Journalist, working mostly with The Guardian and global news agency Agence France-Press.

I'm very passionate about reporting on Media Freedom and overall freedom of expression, slavery, trafficking, human rights issues. Also, I want my reporting to give voice to the underserved communities like transgender groups and LGBTQ+ communities in Bangladesh.
In a developing south Asian country like Bangladesh, which is under an authoritarian regime for over a decade, …

Awards

Human Rights Press Award

2018 - Human Rights-Related Reporting

Redwan Ahmed and his three other colleagues won the 22nd Human Rights Press Award in the Spot News category for their intense coverage of the early days of this Rohingya refugee crisis on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. The Human Rights Press Awards recognise top rights-related reporting from around Asia, with the goal of increasing respect for people’s basic rights and focusing attention on threats to those freedoms. The awards, which are now in their 22nd year, are organised by The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Hong Kong, Amnesty International and the Hong Kong Journalists Association. The 2018 awards, for work published or broadcasted in the 2017 calendar year.