In a statement, 190 eminent citizens of the country have expressed their concern and disappointment over the statement of US Ambassador to Bangladesh Peter Haas regarding the implementation of the visa policy against the media. The statement referred to concerns expressed by the Council of Editors in a letter issued on Saturday.
The statement issued yesterday, Saturday, was signed by 190 eminent citizens including rights activists, minority community leaders, campaigners, journalists, cultural workers and others.
The signatories included journalist Shahryar Kabir, theater personality Ramendu Majumdar, Professor Muntasir Mamun, educationist Shyamali Nasreen Choudhary, writers Professor Zafar Iqbal, Salma Haq, freedom fighter Justice Shamsuddin Choudhary Manik, lawyer and general secretary of Hindu Christian Buddhist Oikya Parishad. Rana Das Gupta, filmmaker Nasir Uddin Yusuf, and more.
