New York, July 16 (IANS) Several leading press freedom and human rights organisations have called on the Bangladesh government to end the persecution of journalists in the country, while urging the authorities to ensure that media professionals Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu are not criminally prosecuted, particularly on charges of crimes against humanity, for carrying out their journalistic work. In a joint statement, the organisations also raised concerns over the ongoing pre-trial detention o…
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New York, May 16 (IANS) A leading international press freedom group called on Bangladeshi authorities to release journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu, who were recently arrested in a crimes-against-humanity case filed at the country’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT).The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged the authorities to stop using the tribunal as a tool to target journalists.The appeal came after the ICT on May 14 ordered journalists Farzana Rupa and Mozammel Babu, along…