Bangladesh: US envoy expects journalists’ safety during polls

DHAKA, 25 May 2022, (TON):  US ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas expressed his hope that journalists would be protected from harassment and violence during the upcoming polls in Bangladesh.

He told a discussion organised by the US embassy “a free press is a key ingredient in a legitimate, free democracy.”

Haas added “we all have an obligation to protect the free press and to allow journalists to seek and report the truth without fear, harassment, or censorship.”

He said “the United States maintained a universal and identical policy about elections anywhere in the world that seeks people to choose their own government through free and fair elections conducted in accordance with international standards.”

Former President of the Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists Monjurul Ahsan Bulbul, also a US Jefferson Media Fellow presented the keynote paper at the discussion.

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