3-day ultimatum given to restore Jai Jai Din declaration

3-day ultimatum given to restore Jai Jai Din declaration

Journalist leaders have given a 3-day ultimatum to restore the declaration of vernacular daily Jai Jai Din, without which publication remains suspended.
The demand was raised by the outlet journalists, during a human chain protest in front of the National Press Club on Saturday following the cancellation of the newspaper declaration.
The journalists condemned the move, claiming the government cannot close a media outlet under the influence of a special group without notice, as allegedly happened at Jai Jai Din. They called it a violation of democracy and freedom of expression and expressed concerns about the timing, which jeopardised the livelihoods of hundreds of journalists ahead of Ramadan and Eid.
Khurshid Alam, general secretary of the Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ), said that the struggle for press freedom had been ongoing for years, and despite the end of fascism, journalists still face uncertainty.
He condemned the paper editor since birth, Shafik Rehman, for cancelling the newspaper declaration in coordination with a specific industrial group, despite a High Court order. “On behalf of all journalists, I demand the declaration be restored promptly,” Khurshid Alam said.