<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Left leaning student organisations held a rally, protesting the arrest of Prothom Alo journalist Samsuzzaman Shams.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rally was held at the base of Anti-terrorism Raju Memorial Sculpture of Dhaka University where activists from different units of Chhatra Union and other left leaning student organisations joined in around 5:30 pm on Wednesday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a symbolic protest, demonstrators covered their mouths with black cloth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On behalf of the protesters, vice president of Chhatra Union, Meghmollar Bosu, said, "It is too late to protest. You know that a journalist of Prothom Alo, Samsuzzaman Shams, has been arrested by law enforcers."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Journalism is not a crime. Then why did they arrest Shams? We are living in a country where we can't call a spade a spade. When someone raises his voice against people's misery, against corruption, he becomes a target. Some other media then starts trying to prove the fallacy of such reports, but they do not report crimes like money laundering, corruption and mismanagement in different sectors," he added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Demanding release of Shams, the protestors said, irrespective of political background it is now time to fight against this. Later, they formed a procession which marched around TSC area to National Museum. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>