The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned smear campaign targeting AFP’s Bangladesh fact check editor Qadaruddin Shishir.
"CPJ condemns the recent smear campaign by Bangladeshi pro-government and Hindu right-wing outlets targeting AFP’s Bangladesh fact check editor Qadaruddin Shishir," read a statement by CPJ Asia posted on X, formerly twitter, on Friday.
These attacks are apparently aimed at undermining Shishir’s credibility as a journalist and must come to an immediate end, it added.
