BFUJ on Al Jazeera Transmission in Bangladesdh: Another opposes it

A day after one faction of BFUJ demanded a ban on the transmission Al Jazeera television channel in Bangladesh, another faction of the same organisation issued a statement expressing their shock at the demand.

The statement said the leaders of BFUJ and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) could not believe that such a demand could come from an organisation involved with the welfare of journalism.

It said the demand to ban Al Jazeera was vehemently opposed by the chairperson of BFUJ M Abdullah and secretary general Nurul Amin Rokon, as well as chairperson of DUJ Kader Gani Chowdhury and its general secretary Md Shahidul Islam.

"Our main mandate is to protect free speech, and independent media," said the statement. Demanding that a media organisation be banned because of what they published is an oppressive stance to take, it added.

The faction of journalists also said if a foreign media outlet is publishing false news, the truth should be published by domestic journalists.

If there is any controversial element in the report by Al Jazeera, then journalists should investigate and present the truth, it stated.