BFUJ for imposing ban on Al Jazeera transmission in Bangladesh

Protesting and condemning the yellow journalism of the Qatar-based Al Jazeera television channel, leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) today demanded for imposing a ban on the transmission of the television channel in Bangladesh.

“The particular television channel is always playing role against Bangladesh…as the television channel is protecting the interest of a particular anti-state quarter and engaged in tarnishing the image of

the country at the international level,” BFUJ president Molla Jalal and secretary general Abdul Majid said this in a joint statement here on Friday.

They called upon all journalists of the forum to raise their voices against the conspiracy against the country. The television channel has allegedly tried to make the war criminals’ trial process controversial at the international arena, the BFUJ leaders said.

Even the channel has created confusion over the number of independence war martyrs claiming the number only 3 to 5 lakhs.

Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan and Egypt have already banned the transmission of the television channel for it alleged involvement in toppling the government and inciting violence and extremism in these countries, said the BFUJ leaders.