Abrar Hussain: Journalists have submitted a memorandum to the home ministry yesterday, demanding the fulfillment of their four-point demand, which includes the immediate arrest of the attackers who swooped on journalists during the recent student protests for road safety.
Leaders and members of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) jointly presented the memorandum after holding a rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club.
The three other demands are: the immediate completion of the trial of journalist couple Sagor-Runi, stopping torture and harassment of journalists by police and to complete the trial of journalist killing cases across the country in different times including BNP-Jamaat ruling period, according to a press release issued by BFUJ and DUJ.
After holding the rally from the Jatiya Press Club premises to gate no. 3 of the secretariat, a group of leaders went to the ministry and submitted their memorandum.
UNB reported that the minister was unfortunately not present in the office at that time.