Local journalists have expressed anger and condemnation over the arrest of a Prothom Alo reporter Samsuzzaman Shams for publishing news in Savar, Dhaka and demanded the unconditional release of the arrested journalist.
Journalists working in Savar, Ashulia and Dhamrai took part in the human chain program in front of the Ashulia Press Club in Bypile area of Nabinagar-Chandra highway around 4pm on Wednesday.
Dhaka TribuneThe journalists of various print and electronic media said that on March 26, the reporter of Prothom Alo Savar, Shamsuzzaman Shams, made a report. In view of this, CID informants picked him from his rented house in Ambagan area of Ashulia early Wednesday morning.
Later in the afternoon we learn that Shams was shown arrested. A case has been filed against him under the ICT Act which is very sad and condemnable. We colleagues cannot accept a journalist being picked up like this. We want his unconditional release, they added.
Jamuna TV Savar representative Mahfuzur Rahman Nipu said that the process by which journalist Shams has been arrested was terrible.
“We want to say, if we have done wrong, it should be tried in legal process. These things are very scary for us journalists. So, I want the unconditional release of Shams immediately,” he added.
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President of Ashulia Press Club and staff reporter of Time Television Mozaffar Hossain Joy said: “We came to know in the afternoon that Shams has been detained or arrested through the home minister. But we have spoken to various law enforcement officers. They all denied it. In such cases, we who do journalism feel unsafe.”