Media shouldn't publish photo of Manila rope

The Supreme Court has asked the attorney general to take steps so that the media desist from publishing any photo of a Manila rope, which is used for execution by hanging.
The four-member Appellate Division bench headed by Chief Justice Md Tafazzul Islam passed the order yesterday.
The order came following a submission placed by a convict's lawyer during the second day's hearing on the review petitions filed by five detained condemned convicts of Bangabandhu murder case against its judgement confirming their death sentence.
The apex court yesterday adjourned the hearing till today.
Attorney General Mahbubey Alam yesterday told The Daily Star that he has already informed the court order to the information secretary so that the secretary can request the media to refrain from publishing any photo of the Manila rope.
During the hearing, advocate Abdur Razaque Khan, counsel for convict Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, told the Appellate Division that a popular television channel and a few newspapers recently published reports sensitising this case.
The attorney general told the court that no state-run media has published such reports, but he would communicate the order to the information ministry to take steps in this regard.
During the hearing, Razaque argued before the court that his client's involvement in the incidents of killing of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members was not proved.
He said his client was forced to make confessional statement upon which he was tried and given death sentence.
Razaque concluded his arguments claiming the SC judgment faulty on the ground that this court in the verdict did not accept full statements and cross examinations of the investigation officer of the case.
Advocate Khan Saifur Rahman, counsel for two convicts Syed Farooq Rahman and Mohiuddin Ahmed, yesterday started arguments saying that the incidents of August 15, 1975, was a successful mutiny, and this case has to be tried under the army act.
The SC on November 19 last year in a verdict confirmed capital punishment of 12 former army officers including the five.
Of them, one has died while six others are on the run.