Petition updateFair trial and truth, behind the murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun RuniMurder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi
Naim AjgerCoquitlam, Canada
Jun 15, 2013
Murder of Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi (also known as the Sagar-Runi murder case) is about the unsolved double murder case of two well-known, married Bangladeshi journalists who were stabbed to death for a yet to be determined motive in their Dhaka apartment on 11 February 2012 in Bangladesh. The couple’s murder received high-level political attention and widespread media coverage in Bangladesh, and attracted German interest as Sarowar had lived and worked as a journalist for Deutsche Welle. The case was also closely watched by journalists and international press freedom organizations. The couple's murder also unified organizations representing Bangladeshi journalists that had once been separate. A representative of the family said, "In the past 25 years, this has been the most talked/written about, prioritized case in Bangladesh. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Sagar_Sarowar_and_Meherun_Runi
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