Editors' Council

Editors' Council (Bengali: সম্পাদক পরিষদ) is a national organization of newspaper editors in Bangladesh that campaigns for freedom of speech and freedom of the press.[1][2][3] Mahfuz Anam of The Daily Star and Naem Nizam of the Bangladesh Pratidin are the President and General Secretary of the council.[4]

Editors' Council
Formation2013
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali

History

Editors' Council was established in 2013. The founding members were AMM Bahauddin (Inqilab), Alamgir Mohiuddin (Daily Naya Diganta), Anwar Hossain Manju (The Daily Ittefaq), A. H. M. Moazzem Hossain (The Financial Express), Imdadul Haq Milon (Kaler Kantho), Khondoker Muniruzzaman (The Sangbad), Mahbubul Alam (The Independent), Mostafa Kamal Majumder (The New Nation), MA Malek (The Azadi), Mozammel Haque (Korotoa), Matiur Rahman (journalist) (Prothom Alo), Naem Nizam (Bangladesh Pratidin), Shyamal Dutta (Bhorer Kagoj), and Taslim Uddin Chowdhury (Dainik Purbokone). Golam Sarwar (Samakal) was elected the first President, Mahfuz Anam (The Daily Star) was elected General Secretary, and Matiur Rahman Chowdhury (Manabzamin) the treasurer.[5]

The council has campaigned against the section 32 of the Digital Security Act, which they described as an attack on Freedom of Speech.[6][7] The council also protested the filling of case under the Digital Security Act against Manabzamin and its Editor-in-Chief Matiur Rahman Chowdhury by Saifuzzaman Shikhor, Member of Parliament from Magura-1.[8]

Mahfuz Anam of The Daily Star and Naem Nizam of the Bangladesh Pratidin were elected the President and General Secretary of the council in September 2019.[9]

References
  1. "Editors' Council floated". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  2. "Editors' Council elects new executive body". theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  3. "Warrant against prominent editor: Bangladesh's Editors' Council expresses concern". ANN. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  4. "Editors' Council gets new committee". New Age. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  5. "Editors' Council formed". The Daily Star. 26 May 2013. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. "Editors' Council calls section 32 an attack on democracy". Prothomalo. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  7. "Why Sampadak Parishad opposes the Digital Security Act". The Daily Star. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. "Editors' Council demands withdrawal of case against Manabzamin editor". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  9. "Mahfuz Anam, Naem Nizam new president, secretary of Editors' Council". Dhaka Tribune. 16 September 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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