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Digital Security Act will not hamper independent journalism: Quader
GAZIPUR, Sept 21, 2018 (BSS)-Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul
Quader today said the ‘Digital Security Act’ would not create any barrier to
independent journalism and freedom of expression in the country.
“The ‘Digital Security Act’ has been enacted to control digital crimes. The
act will not create any barrier to independent journalism…There are no
reasons to be panicked,” he told the reporters, after visiting the
development works on Dhaka-Tangail and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways at Bhogra
here.
Quader, also the general secretary of Bangladesh Awami League, said, “The
new law aims to prevent digital crimes and ensure digital security. There’s
no reason to be panicked about it and the law wouldn’t create an obstacle to
journalism and freedom of expression.”
About former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha’s book-‘A Broken Dream:
Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democracy’-, the minister said, “Why did SK
Sinha publish the book ahead of the parliamentary polls? He could have
published it two or three months later….through this he tried to incite the
propaganda of anti-government elements. If he had such an intention, a
question mark will be put on the responsibility of aformer chief justice.”
Replying to a question over formation of ‘Greater National Unity’, he said,
there’s nothing to worry about it ahead of the election.
“We believe that the Awami League under the dynamic leadership of its
president and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has earned the trust of
the people through development and good governance.”
Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Advocate Jahangir Alam and Roads and
Highways Department Superintendent Engineer Sabuj Uddin Khan, among others,
were present.
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