Journos stage protest at SC

Speakers at a sit-in programme on Wednesday alleged that restricting journalists from entering the courtrooms of the Supreme Court, including the Appellate Division, is unconstitutional and violates the public’s fundamental rights to information.
They - mainstream journalists and leaders of different journalist organizations, also demanded the immediate withdrawal of the Chief Justice’s decision to block journalists' access to the courtrooms of various benches of the Appellate Division and the High Court Division of the Supreme Court.
They urged the Chief Justice to immediately restore media access to courtroom proceedings, warning that they would launch a tough programme for ensuring their fundamental rights to enter the courtrooms, if the restrictions were not lifted.
The Law Reporters Forum (LRF), an organization of journalists covering law, justice and parliamentary affairs, held a sit in programme in front of the main gate of the Supreme Court, where leaders of Editor Council, Dhaka Union Journalists, Dhaka Reporters Unity and other journalists organisations attended.
In his presidential speech, LRF President Muhammad Yeasin announced that if their demands were ignored, journalists would soon announce a programme to enter the Appellate Division courtroom.
LRF President Muhammad Yeasin presided over the programme while its General Secretary Arafat Munna moderated programme.