BD needs to uphold press freedom, protect bloggers: Germany

Newly appointed German Ambassador in Dhaka Dr Thomas Prinz on Thursday said Bangladesh needs to uphold freedom of press and protect bloggers as blogging has become a new form of journalism. “You know there’s new form of journalism which is coming up like blogs. It’s important for the government of Bangladesh to uphold the freedom of press and protect the new media scene, especially the bloggers,” he said. The German diplomat made the remark while interacting with reporters at the launching ceremony of Deutsche Welle’s (DW) new presence in Dhaka at a city hotel. BTV Director General Abdul Mannan and Head of Distribution, Asia, DW Dorothee Ulrichs, among others, spoke on the occasion.  Dr Prinz said they have seen a number of attacks on bloggers in recent times in Bangladesh and mentioned that it is important for the government to come out to protect these people. He said Bangladesh has a very ‘lively’ media scene and hoped that the government will play the due role to have a better scenario in terms of media freedom in the coming days, according to UNB.

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