Journos observe token hunger strike
Journalists observed a token hunger strike in Dhaka and Chittagong on Monday demanding release of Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman.
In Dhaka, a section of journalists observed the token hunger strike from 10:00am to 2:30pm on the Jatiya Press Club premises, reports UNB.
Ruhul Amin Gazi, president of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ), said they would continue their protest programme until their demands are met.
He also announced that they would hold a demonstration at 11:00am on Tuesday at the same venue.
The journalist leaders also demanded withdrawal of the cases filed against Mahmuda Begum, chairman of Amar Desh Publications and mother of Mahmudur Rahman, and acting editor of daily Sangram Abul Asad.
BFUJ General Secretary Shawkat Mahmud, Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) President Abdus Shaheed, and general secretary Baker Hossain, among others, addressed the programme.
Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain along with other BNP leaders expressed solidarity with the journalists on behalf of the main opposition BNP.
Besides, Convener of Nagarik Odhikar Rakhya Committee (Committee for protecting citizens’ rights) poet Farhad Mazhar also expressed solidarity with the journalists.
Police arrested Mahmudur Rahman from his Karwanbazar office on charge of sedition on April 11. Later, he was taken on a 13-day remand in three cases.
Later, police raided the press of the vernacular daily in the city’s Tejgaon area on Thursday night and sealed off it.
Our correspondent reports from Chittagong that a group of journalists observed a token hunger strike in the port city on Monday demanding release of Mahmudur Rahman and trial of killers of journalist couple Sagar Sarowar and Meherun Runi.
Journalists under the banner of Chittagong Metropolitan Union of Journalists (CMUJ) joined the four-hour hunger strike that began at 10:00am.
Comments