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In a statement Saturday, the club’s president, Kabirul Islam Siddiqui, and general secretary, Mashiur Rahman Khokon, said the pressure was a ploy to silence the media.
The statement read: “Faridpur Press Club believes that in this golden Bengal of Bangabandhu, when the country’s media is leading the country forward by highlighting the general development, problems and possibilities, it is desirable to put unethical pressure on bdnews24. com by a conspiracy and influential sectors. “It can’t be.”
I won’t bow to pressure: bdnews24.com editor-in-chief
Attempt to silence the media: statement by bdnews24.com
Former Member of Parliament. Dozens of attorney notices have been sent to bdnews24.com from various districts to remove some old court reports about HBM Iqbal. A case has also been filed in Barisal.
Tawfiq Imroz Khalidi, editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, told reporters at a press conference on February 18 about pressure from influencers.
As reported at the press conference, Premier Group of Companies Chairman, former MP Bir Muktijoddha Dr. Like all other media outlets, bdnews24.com has reported on HBM Iqbal’s activities on various occasions over the last decade and a half. and your court orders. They have also been exempted from those cases. Now, after all this time, bdnews24.com is being pressured in a strange way to remove that old news.
Over three dozen attorney notices have already been sent from different districts across the country to the four senior editors of bdnews24.com. It is said that if those reports are not ‘erased’, a case will be shelved. The lawsuit will be filed under the Digital Security Act and defamation charges. If all the notices match, the amount of the claim for compensation is more than Rs 50 thousand crore.
Dr. HBM Iqbal himself did not send any notice. Those who are sending out notices from different districts are showing up. Friend of Iqbal, as a supporter. At least one of the notices also contained “threats” to be prepared for “adverse consequences,” the press conference said.
Convinced not to give in to the pressure, Tawfiq Imroz Khalidi said: “bdnews24.com has no investigation of its own in these reports; the proceedings of the case and the court order have been objectively reflected there. So why a media outlet would you delete these reports? “
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