Through this, RSF has undermined the government’s continued efforts to foster an appropriate environment for independent and impartial journalism. The Government considers this RSF report unacceptable, biased and deviated from the real truth against the actual scenario of journalism and press freedom in Bangladesh.
Mohammad Ali Arafat further said that six journalists are mentioned on the RSF website – Sirajul Islam, Ahmed Khan, Golam Mustafa, Khalilur Rahman, Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman and SM Yusuf Ali. According to RSF report, all of them are currently in jail. According to the latest information, this claim of RSF is illogical and baseless.
The Minister of State said, “Bangladesh was ranked on the basis of several incorrect, half-true and false information mentioned in the RSF report. Many people from different countries while talking to us try to establish that there is no democracy, human rights and freedom of press in our country by using this index or ranking as a reference. A letter has been officially issued to RSF to re-evaluate the rankings.