The Editors’ Council, representing high editors at some level of Bangladesh, has voiced sturdy bid over the ongoing vogue of filing indiscriminate abolish circumstances against journalists, asserting that such actions undermine the promise of self sustaining journalism by the duration in-between govt.
The council in “unequivocal mumble” said that such circumstances are an abuse of fresh criminal pointers.
The old govt’s attempts to stifle the mumble of journalists thru restrictive criminal pointers, harassment and arrests bear been widely condemned and criticised within the global arena.
For the time being, the vogue of arbitrary abolish circumstances against journalists is furthermore undermining the image of the duration in-between govt within the realm arena, added the Council.
“In this bid, if no involvement of the accused journalists is stumbled on after upright scrutiny, the Editors’ Council urges them to be launched from these circumstances as soon as that you just can agree with,” Council’s President, The On a regular foundation Wide title Editor Mahfuz Anam, and Traditional Secretary, On a regular foundation Bonik Barta Editor Dewan Hanif Mahmud, said in an announcement today (14 September).
They said if journalists bear dedicated any offence, correct kind action might perhaps maybe well well be taken against them by following acceptable procedures in step with enlighten allegations.
The Council stressed out that unethical journalism deviating from professionalism needs to be refrained from.
The journalists, who supported the oppressive activities of the old govt within the title of journalism, might perhaps maybe well well be investigated by forming a committee within the Press Council, the assertion reads.
“If stumbled on guilty there, they might perhaps maybe well maybe be punished under the Press Council Act. In case of their different offences, they might perhaps maybe well maybe be tried under the fresh legislation on the advice of the Press Council,” the assertion added.
