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Bangladesh HC orders Al Jazeera documentary ‘All the Prime Minister’s Men’ against PM, Army Chief to be taken down
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Bangladesh HC orders Al Jazeera documentary ‘All the Prime Minister’s Men’ against PM, Army Chief to be taken down

The Bangladesh High Court on Wednesday ordered the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to remove the Al Jazeera documentary named ‘All the Prime Minister’s Men’ from all the online platforms in the country. The order was passed by a High Court Division bench of Justice Md. Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md. Kamrul Hossain Mollah after hearing a writ petition filed by a Supreme Court lawyer in this regard on February 8. The court had heard the opinion of 6 legal persons appointed as Amicus Curiae on the matter. Earlier the BTRC had approached YouTube and Facebook to remove the Al Jazeera content from the platform. But YouTube and Facebook refused saying that the content does not violate their Community Guideline. The documentary was telecast by Al Jazeera o...