Over the past two years she has systematically been verbally and physically attacked and has received threats of murder. Ms Khan has written critical articles on the alleged participation of local politicians and religious groups in attacks on members of minority groups, and the unlawful possession of land by landowners. Two years ago she was threatened with murder. In December 2005 she, together with several other journalists from Chittagong and civil servants throughout the country, again received murder threats. They were addressed to the Chittagong Press Club and are believed to have come from the forbidden Islamic organisation "Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh" (JMB). This must be seen as an attempt by certain Islamic organisations to destabilize the democratic process in Bangladesh.