STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Filing murder cases against journalists over the atrocities during the July uprising was a wrong move, Zahed Ur Rahman, the prime minister’s adviser on information and broadcasting, said yesterday.

He, however, said he personally believes that the crimes allegedly committed by some of the journalists currently behind bars are far graver than murder. While they are being held on specific murder charges, he argued that they could instead be held, to some extent, responsible for crimes against humanity.

Speaking to reporters during a weekly press briefing at the Secretariat’s Press Information Department, he also highlighted

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