Staff Reporter :
A spokesperson for the UN Secretary General has asked authorities in Bangladesh to free all media members and let them work without harassment.
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, was replying to questions from journalists during scheduled daily briefings at the spokesperson’s office on October 25.
His remarks came following a question regarding arrest of
The New Nation Publisher and Chairman of the Editorial Board Mainul Hosein at the briefing.
“Well, regarding the case of this particular editor, of course, we would hope and expect that all members of the media be free to go to their work without harassment and would implore the authorities to respect the rights of the press,” Farhan said.
The questioner also sought remarks from the spokesperson on recently passed Digital Security Act 2018 in the Bangladesh Parliament.
The question was: “Thank you, Mr. Farhan. On Bangladesh, ahead of next election, ruling Government of Bangladesh trying to control opposition by any means as they posed a new dark law in the name of Digital Act. As you know, main opposition leader, Begum [Khaleda] Zia, internationally renowned photojournalist Shahidul Alam still is in jail with thousands of opposition prisoners. Last week, they arrested an English daily newspaper publisher, Barrister Mainul Hosein. He was adviser to the last non-party government. Does Secretary-General aware of this current situation of Bangladesh? And what is the UN position on Bangladesh right now?”
A spokesperson for the UN Secretary General has asked authorities in Bangladesh to free all media members and let them work without harassment.
Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, was replying to questions from journalists during scheduled daily briefings at the spokesperson’s office on October 25.
His remarks came following a question regarding arrest of
The New Nation Publisher and Chairman of the Editorial Board Mainul Hosein at the briefing.
“Well, regarding the case of this particular editor, of course, we would hope and expect that all members of the media be free to go to their work without harassment and would implore the authorities to respect the rights of the press,” Farhan said.
The questioner also sought remarks from the spokesperson on recently passed Digital Security Act 2018 in the Bangladesh Parliament.
The question was: “Thank you, Mr. Farhan. On Bangladesh, ahead of next election, ruling Government of Bangladesh trying to control opposition by any means as they posed a new dark law in the name of Digital Act. As you know, main opposition leader, Begum [Khaleda] Zia, internationally renowned photojournalist Shahidul Alam still is in jail with thousands of opposition prisoners. Last week, they arrested an English daily newspaper publisher, Barrister Mainul Hosein. He was adviser to the last non-party government. Does Secretary-General aware of this current situation of Bangladesh? And what is the UN position on Bangladesh right now?”
