Staff Reporter : Expatriate journalists in New York have staged a protest against the attack on a journalist at the Awami League’s press conference in New York. The protest rally, held at the Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights on Thursday (September 23) local time, was attended by all media workers, including editors and journalists from various New York-based newspapers, who strongly condemned the attack on journalists at Awami League press conference. At the same time, they demanded immediate exemplary punishment against those involved in the incident.
At a press conference organized by the Awami League at the Queen’s Palace in New York at around 6.30 pm on Wednesday (September 22), the Awami League leaders and activists who were present at the Prime Minister’s Sheikh Hasina’s visit to the United Nations were furious and launched a surprise attack on expatriate journalist Farid Alam. Farid Alam is the Executive Editor and Head of Operations of NCN, a new New York-based TV channel (News Communication Network).
Speakers at the rally said that such an unfortunate incident at the press conference of the ruling party would never be accepted by the journalistic community. Journalists have the right to ask any question on the subject matter of the press conference. Failure to answer is a failure of the organizers. For this, attacking a journalist inside the conference without answering the question is a really nasty incident. Journalists never expect this from any party. If immediate exemplary action is not taken against those involved in the incident, the journalists present will call for a larger movement, including a boycott of the government’s news.
Note Awami League Central Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap MP and Office Secretary and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Biplob Barua convened a press conference at Queen’s Palace in New York on Wednesday on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to the United States. At that time, more than two dozen leaders and activists of the United States Awami League were sitting on the stage with them. Leaders and activists of Awami League spoke about the various successes of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s visit to the United Nations. Then the expatriate journalists also asked one question after another. At one point, NCN journalist Farid Alam asked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina what she had achieved during her visit to the United Nations.
He wants to know Awami League Central Publicity and Publication Secretary Abdus Sobhan Golap MP and Office Secretary and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister Biplob Barua
, What is the benefit of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina coming to the United States with a fleet of 141 people and inaugurating a sitting bench, planting trees in the name of Bangabandhu without all these programs? The leaders of the ruling Awami League were incensed at his question. He was physically assaulted.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s traveling companion reacted negatively to the NCN’s microphone at the press conference. At one stage, some leaders present there rushed towards journalist Farid Alam. Carries out ruthless surprise attack. Other journalists present at the time tried to save him by composing human armor. The press conference was disrupted in this incident. Journalists present at such activities of Awami League leaders and activists have strongly condemned and protested.
Meanwhile,The United States Awami League is expressing its sorrow over the attack on a journalist at the Awami League’s press conference in New York. Former President of the United States Awami League on September 23 at noon. In a Facebook message, Siddiqur Rahman said the US Awami League sincerely apologizes for the untoward incident at a press briefing on September 22 at the Queen’s Palace in Woodside in preparation for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s expatriate reception.He said, Central Leader and member of Parliament Dr. Abdus Sobhan Golap, Ignoring the call of the US Awami League condemned the actions of those who created chaos and beautified the press briefing and expressed regret to the journalists present and promised that such incidents would not happen again in the future.
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