Attack on journos condemned
Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) yesterday condemned the attack on the journalists on duty in the last few days, says a press release.
In a statement the leaders of BFUJ and DUJ demanded immediate punishment of those who attacked the journalists during the violence between the students and riot police.
Ishtiak Hossain, reporter of The Daily Shamakal, Anwar Ali Himu and Abul Kalam Ratan, both correspondents of The Daily Star in Rajshahi, Sharan Sarkar and Azhar Uddin of The Daily Prothom Alo were injured while performing their professional duties.
BFUJ President Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Secretary General Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan and DUJ President Altaf Mahmud and General Secretary Omor Farook in the statement also condemned attack on vehicles of several television channels in different places of the country.
The journalists are neither friend nor foe to anyone, said the leaders, adding that the journalist society would not sit idle if they were hindered to perform their professional duties.
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