Arrest of Rozina: Journalists form human chain in front of Press Club
Journalists are holding a human chain in front of Jatiya Press Club this morning, demanding immediate release of Prothom Alo's senior reporter Rozina Islam.
Bangladesh Secretariat Reporter's Forum, Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), Rangpur Division Journalist Association and Bangladesh Photo Journalists Association are participating in the human chain.
Journalists in Jhenaidah also formed human chain in front of Kaliganj Main Bus Stand area around 10:00am today, protesting the harassment and arrest of Rozina.
Different local human rights organisations and people of all professions joined the protest programme, demanding immediate released of the journalist.
The speakers said the case filed against Rozina must be withdrawn, reports our Jhenaidah correspondent.
They demanded punishment of those, who confined and harass Rozina inside the Secretariat.
Rozina was confined to the health ministry inside the Secretariat for more than five hours before being handed over to Shahbagh Police Station on Monday night.
Later, the law enforcers said she was arrested in a case filed by Shibbir Ahmed Osmani, deputy secretary of the ministry's health services division.
Yesterday, she was produced before a Dhaka court, which sent her to jail after rejecting the remand prayer in the case filed against her under Bangladesh Penal Code and Official Secrets Act.
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