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AL media centre : Pledges media freedom, security of journalists   Awami League (AL) presidium member Begum Matia Chowdhury yesterday said AL always believed in absolute freedom of the press and would take all necessary steps to ensure complete freedom of mass media if voted to power. Matia made this comments while addressing the newsmen(The New Nation) at the inaugural ceremony of the party's Media center in Dhanmondi.Although party chief Sheikh Hasina was scheduled to inaugurate the media center, but due to her illness she could not attend the function. Matia also gave the assurance to ensure maximum security of life for the newsmen, if AL assumes the office."We, during our regime of 1996-2000 gave the approval of private TV channel first to facilitate the uninterrupted flow of information. The government run TV channel cannot fulfill the information demand of the people. Aiming to resolve the crisis, we approved some private TV channel," she said. She added that mobile phone was another way of information flow. Before 1996, a mobile phone was sold at Tk 1 lakh or more. But the AL government reduced the price of mobile phone and had put pressure on the mobile phone operators to reduce the call rate. She also blamed the BNP-Jamaat government that the media, which published the misdeeds of the government, were deprived of the government advertisements."They (BNP) not only stopped giving advertisement to some print medias, but also they harassed some media men in different ways," she said. Matia also demanded the unconditional release of Atikullah Khan Masud, Editor of the daily Janakantha.She gave the assurance to take necessary initiative to bring the killer of journalist under trial."We, always against practising politics in the name of Islam. We never used religion as the arsenal of politics. We will preserve the religious rights for all, but will punish the militants, as the militants are the enemy of Islam," she asserted. She categorically said AL would establish the image of peace, liberalism of Islam in the country and would not formulate any law, which might contradict with the holy Quran."It is a common nature of journalists to find out the negative news. But we have done a number of positive and welfare oriented jobs. You should give coverage of these positive issues," Matia urged. The AL media center will remain open from tomorrow till to December 25 from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm and from December 26 to December 31 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pmAL election related all latest information and the information about candidature of the grand alliance will be available at the media center. The contact nos. of the media center are 9669961, 9669962, 8651901, fax: 8650457, 8651493, E-mail: almedia2008@gmail.com, info@albd.org http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/12/14/news0151.htm

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