{"id":12385,"date":"2025-08-04T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=12385"},"modified":"2025-08-04T19:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T16:27:37","slug":"quick-trial-of-those-responsible-for-killing-torturing-journalists-in-last-15-years-demanded-journalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=12385","title":{"rendered":"Quick trial of those responsible for killing, torturing journalists in last 15 years demanded Journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sheikh Mohammad Tajul Islam:<\/strong>\u00a0Journalist leaders at a programme stressed on holding the immediate trial of those responsible for killing 67 journalists along with mass people during the last 15 years of fascism.<\/p>\n<p>The victim journalists and their families should be given financial assistance. The State should take steps to ensure proper medical care of the injured journalists, they said.<br \/>\nThey called for reopening the closed media houses immediately, and freeing mass media from the clutches of evil forces.<br \/>\nJournalists should play a due role so that fascism cannot come back in the country, they remarked while addressing a rally in front of the National Press Club today (Monday).<br \/>\nBangladesh Rural Journalists\u2019 Association (BRJA) organized the event, marking the July Uprising.<br \/>\nAttending the event as the chief guest, Abul Kashem Chowdhury, a former student leader, expressed his solidarity with the demands of journalists.<br \/>\nHe demanded declaring the journalists, who were killed and injured by fascist regime, as \u2018National Hero\u2019.<br \/>\nThe rally demanded removing henchmen of past fascist regime from BTV, Betar, BSS and Information Ministry.<br \/>\nMohammad Sakhawat Hossain Ibne Moin Chiwdhury, chairman of BRJA, chaired the event, white it was moderated by Sheikh Mohammad Tajul Islam, secretary general of BRJA.<br \/>\nMostofa Kamal Mazumder, former editor of the Daily New Nation, was present as a special guest, while Basir Jamal, assistant secretary general of BFUJ and chief reporter of Daily Amar Desh, attended as a chief speaker,<br \/>\nMd. Modabbir Hossain, additional news editor of Bangladesh Pratidin and former senior vice president of BFUJ, Abul Kalam, president of Sylhet Division Journalists\u2019 Association and publicity secretary of DUJ, Md. Sazedul Islam, vice president of BRJA, Imran Ahmed, joint secretary general of BRJA, Taj Uddin Ahmed, organizing secretary of BRJA, among others, spoke on the occasion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheikh Mohammad Tajul Islam:\u00a0Journalist leaders at a programme stressed on holding the immediate trial of those responsible for killing 67 journalists along with mass people during the last 15 years of fascism. The victim journalists and their families should be given financial assistance. The State should take steps to ensure proper medical care of the injured journalists, they said. They called for reopening the closed media houses immediately, and freeing mass media from the clutches of evil forces. 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