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Concern over bid to dictate media

Editors, senior journos exchange experiences

Staff Correspondent
Editors of print and electronic media and senior journalists yes terday expressed concern over the increasing pressure on the media regarding freedom of expression under the state of emergency, reports BBC BanglaService.
“The editors and senior journal -ists said it is tough to work indc pendently under the state of cmer | gency," said the BBC report broad ; cast at 7:30pm yesterday.
I “ rhe editors of different newspapers told a joint meeting that the
I situation has become intolerable i and it must be resisted unitedly,” i reported BBC without mentioning I the meeting place. "The senior journalists will wait for the Chief Adviser's (CA) address to the nation before taking any step," it said.
"Tire speakers alleged that a military intelligence agency is increasing pressure on newspapers day by day,' BBC added.
I\vo news editors ofTV channels said they have become fed-up with the increased pressure put on them in the last few weeks.
They said they were given instructions over the telephone about which news will be broadcast and which will not, BBC said adding that they are also given instructions about who will attend talk shows in flic television channels.
The government is now forcing them to broadcast its publicity programme.
Nurul Kabir, editor of The New Age, told tire BBC, “An intelligence agency of the armed forces has started giving instructions to editors of different newspapers and television channels regularly about which news will be published or broadcast and which will not.”
“They cannot take any decision independently. We are informed that if they refuse to follow tire instructions they will have to pay the price," he said.
Commenting on the problems he faces in presenting a newspaper review programme, Editor of the daily Manabzamin Matiur Rahman Chowdhury said, “Instructions are given about who can be invited to the newspaper review programme. Sometimes we are instructed that the invited guest should not be allowed to attend the programme only 30 minutes before the show starts. I have been experiencing such embarrassing situation every day,” he said.
/Mamgir Mahiuddin, the editor of the daily Naya Diganta, alleged that three journalists of the newspaper working outside the capital had been harassed during the state of emergency.
The editors reached a consensus that they would make a unanimous announcement of rejecting all the instructions given by the government intelligence agency.
But, they would wait for the CA's address to the nation before taking any decision on the issue.
“We want to listen to his (CA) speech first. We want to know whether the state of emergency will be relaxed or not. We shall look for solutions to the problems we are facing right now.” said Ataus Samad, editorof the daily Amar Desh.
“Weshall sit again tomorrow and make a decision after examining possible solutions to our problems," he added.
The BBC also reported that 'the time of the meeting will be announced later.'