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Pinaki Bhattacharya

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Pinaki Bhattacharya
পিনাকী ভট্টাচার্য
Born15 December 1967
Bogura, East Pakistan
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)Blogger, online activist, youtuber, physician
Political partyCommunist Party of Bangladesh (former member)
Movement
YouTube information
Channel
LocationFrance
Years active20 March 2013–present
Subscribers± 2.01M[2]
Total views±428,564,630[2]
100,000 subscribers
1,000,000 subscribers
Last updated: 07 August 2024
WebsitePersonal website

Pinaki Bhattacharya (born 15 December 1967) is a Bangladeshi youtuber, blogger,[3][4] online activist and physician[5] known for his vehement criticism of Sheikh Hasina and her Awami League party-led government.[6] He went into hiding for some time[7] during the movement for safe roads in 2018.[8][9]

Early life

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Pinaki was born in 1967. He is the elder son of former Bogra District School teacher and cultural personality Shyamal Bhattacharya.[10] Although he studied medicine, he is currently not involved in this profession. He is in political asylum in France and is doing his PhD there.[11] Pinaki Bhattacharya is best known and respected as a Bangladeshi blogger and social activist living in Paris.[12] He has now become widely discussed and popular for playing an important role in the "Bharat Khedao" movement in Bangladesh.[13][14] He was an adjunct faculty at American International University-Bangladesh.[15]

Politics

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Pinaki was once involved in leftist politics, being a former member of the Communist Party of Bangladesh. He has written 18 books on the history of Bangladeshi politics and various other subjects. Currently he is a popular online activist, actively posting on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter.[16] He has over 2.1 million subscribers on YouTube and over 700,000 followers on Facebook. He often writes and makes videos on the history of Bangladesh, ongoing politics, human rights issues and issues of neighboring countries.[17]

Controversy

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Pinaki Bhattacharya has been criticizing the Bangladesh Awami League government's corruption,[18] human rights violations, kidnappings and extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh for a long time in Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and blog posts. His posts and tweets are often critical of Bangladesh's ruling party, the Awami League.[19][20]

Internationally acclaimed photographer Shahidul Alam was arrested by the police for his participation in the 2018 Bangladesh road-safety protests.[21] At the same time, military intelligence officers summoned Pinaki to their headquarters in Dhaka. They did not elaborate on why he was summoned. There are instances where military intelligence officers summon dissidents to their offices, many of whom have not been found after meeting with military intelligence.[22][23]

Considering the situation, Pinaki went into hiding without going to meet the intelligence officers. Intelligence officials raided Pinaki's residence and office several times to trace him.[24] They even keep his residence under round-the-clock surveillance.[25][26]

While in hiding, authorities banned him from leaving the country. Pinaki was able to leave the country with the help of friends and reached Bangkok in January 2019.[27] Two months later he reached France and is currently under political asylum there. He is now doing his higher studies at the Sarborn University in Paris.[28][29]

In February 2024, he asked Bangladeshi actor Musharraf Karim not to join the Bratya Basu-directed Hubba film promotion and Hothai or Indian OTT platforms.[30] In May of the same year, the EC was criticized by him for spreading rumors on the NID wing's website showing fees in rupees instead of taka.[31]

Works

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  • Bangladesh Liberation War 1971 in American Documents[32]
  • Independence of North Bangladesh[33]
  • Robi Babur Daktari
  • Islam in the War of Liberation
  • Bengali communists fallacy on religion and atheism
  • Silver Words of Golden Bengal
  • Nanaronge Robindranath
  • Chin Katum
  • Discourse on Method: Review of Methods of Knowledge
  • The Medical Representative: Finding Success Theory
  • Mon Bhromorer Kajol Pakhay
  • Sixty Eight
  • Weather Maker
  • Interesting lessons on Indian philosophy
  • Liberation war, religion, politics and other topics
  • Rabindranath: Onner Aloye Ishyor Atma Karon
  • The Dust of History
  • The Journey of Thought from Enlightenment to Postmodernism

References

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  1. ^ Seli, Yeshi (28 July 2024). "Is the student protest in Bangladesh turning into a revolution?". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "About Pinaki Bhattacharya". YouTube.
  3. ^ "Pinaki Bhattacharya sued under Cyber Security Act". Dhaka Tribune. 18 February 2024. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Pinaki Bhattacharya, 6 others sued under CSA". The Business Standard. 2024-02-18. Archived from the original on 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  5. ^ "পিনাকী ভট্টাচার্যের বিরুদ্ধে ডিজিটাল নিরাপত্তা আইনে মামলা". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 19 November 2022. Archived from the original on 2024-03-11. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  6. ^ "Chargesheet filed against Pinaki". Somoy TV. 2024-04-28. Archived from the original on 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-07.
  7. ^ "Pinaki Bhattacharya missing, says father". Prothom Alo. 12 August 2018. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  8. ^ "মতপ্রকাশের স্বাধীনতা: প্রবাসী লেখক ও ব্লগারদের করা সমালোচনাকে কেন হুমকি হিসাবে দেখে বাংলাদেশের সরকার?". BBC Bangla (in Bengali). 5 February 2023. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Pinaki Bhattacharya chargesheeted in DSA case". The Daily Observer. 18 April 2024. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  10. ^ "DSA case against Pinaki shifted to Dhaka Cyber Tribunal". The Business Standard. 29 April 2024. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Pinaki Bhattacharya sued under DSA". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 17 November 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  12. ^ "Paris-based Bangladeshi writer Pinaki Bhattacharya sued under DSA". Dhaka Tribune. 17 November 2022.
  13. ^ "Boycott India campaign, exiled 'activist', anti-Hasina chorus & BNP's bid to regain lost ground". ThePrint. 22 February 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  14. ^ "'India Out' Campaign Gains Traction in Bangladesh". Voice of America. 21 February 2024. Archived from the original on 5 June 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Biography of Pinaki Bhattacharya". pbhattacharya.com. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  16. ^ Correspondent, Staff (17 November 2022). "Pinaki Bhattacharya sued on charges of 'tarnishing image of the country'". Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  17. ^ Report, Star Digital (19 February 2024). "Propaganda against PM, Bangabandhu: CSA case filed against Pinaki, 6 others". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 25 July 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  18. ^ "পিনাকী ভট্টাচার্যের নামে মামলা, ফ্রান্স থেকে ফেরাতে চায় পুলিশ". Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 17 November 2022. Archived from the original on 30 December 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  19. ^ "Why the French authorities harboring anti-Semite and anti-India asylum-seeker fugitive anarchist?". News Ghana. 30 April 2024. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  20. ^ "Bangladeshi Online Activist Fears for Life, Remains in Hiding". Voice of America. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  21. ^ "বাংলাদেশের আলোকচিত্রী শহীদুল আলমের মুক্তির দাবি". BBC Bangla. 19 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  22. ^ "গুমের ভয়ে নিখোঁজ পিনাকী ভট্টাচার্য!". Jugantar (in Bengali). 12 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  23. ^ "পিনাকী ভট্টাচার্যের বিরুদ্ধে প্যারিসে মামলা". Kaler kantho (in Bengali). 11 December 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  24. ^ প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব (28 April 2024). "পিনাকীসহ দুজনের বিরুদ্ধে আদালতে অভিযোগপত্র". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  25. ^ "বাংলাদেশে ভিন্নমত দমনে প্রত্যক্ষ ও পরোক্ষ চাপ প্রয়োগের অভিযোগ". BBC Bangla (in Bengali). 24 October 2020. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  26. ^ "Three cyber offenders tarnishing country's image". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 3 May 2023. Archived from the original on 8 August 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  27. ^ "পিনাকীর বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগপত্র, পরোয়ানার আবেদন". bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 2023-05-03. Archived from the original on 2024-08-08. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
  28. ^ "Bangladesh Police Accused of Harassment With Fake Cases". Voice of America. 21 August 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2023.
  29. ^ "Pinaki Bhattacharya, 2 others sued under DSA". The Business Standard. 17 November 2022. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  30. ^ "মোশাররফ করিমকে হুমকি দিলেন পিনাকী!". Desh Rupantar (in Bengali). 23 February 2024. Archived from the original on 29 May 2024. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  31. ^ "ইসির এনআইডি উইংয়ের ওয়েবসাইটে টাকার পরিবর্তে রুপিতে ফি প্রদর্শনের গুজব" (in Bengali). 2024-05-27. Retrieved 2024-05-29.
  32. ^ Documente Bangladesher. ISBN 9849213078.
  33. ^ SWADHINATA UTTAR BANGLADESH. 2020. ISBN 978-1-83853-688-6. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
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