Nurul Kabir, president of the editors’ council, has expressed concern over the recent attack on the media from the ‘Madiana Sammilan’ organised by the Krishibid Institution (KIB) in the capital.
He said Nurul Kabir, president of the editors’ association of newspaper editors and editor of the English daily New Age, feared that it would be in yours tomorrow, tomorrow will be in another day. “The media has no chance to support the attack. This has nothing to do with whether or not anyone has support. In such a situation, all media is equally under threat. It’s in you today. The next day will be in another.”
He said this at a press conference at the Krishibid Institution (KIB) in the capital on Saturday (January 17th).
The meeting was jointly organized by the Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (Noab) and Editors’ Association of Editors’ Council to protest against the attacks on freedom and democratic values and to show a united stand for free, responsible and courageous journalism.
Nurul Kabir said the attack on the Prothom Alo Daily Star and the fire are not an expression of anyone’s anger. It’s not just an attack on a building, it’s a manifestation of medieval brutality.
Referring to the fact that the firefighters were also prevented from coming, Nurul Kabir said, “At this stage of the development of the world’s civilization, keeping a few journalists on top in medieval style, by setting fires around, the firefighters actually meant to prevent them from burning them alive, an expression of a medieval barbarism.”
He urged all to come together to deal with the situation. “There will be different opinions in the society, there will be different voices, people will speak differently. Keeping this diversity is very important.”
Nurul Kabir said that the desire to establish democracy through journalism cannot be a desire for any crime. “If the media doesn’t have a loud voice, a lot of crimes spread in the society,” he said.
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