Editors' Council
Editors' Council is a national organization of newspaper editors in Bangladesh that campaigns for freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Mahfuz Anam of The Daily Star and Naem Nizam of the Bangladesh Pratidin are the President and General Secretary of the council.History
Editors' Council was established in 2013. The founding members were AMM Bahauddin, Alamgir Mohiuddin, Anwar Hossain Manju, A. H. M. Moazzem Hossain, Imdadul Haq Milon, Khondoker Muniruzzaman, Mahbubul Alam, Mostafa Kamal Majumder, MA Malek, Mozammel Haque, Matiur Rahman , Naem Nizam, Shyamal Dutta, and Taslim Uddin Chowdhury. Golam Sarwar was elected the first President, Mahfuz Anam was elected General Secretary, and Matiur Rahman Chowdhury the treasurer.
The council has campaigned against the section 32 of the Digital Security Act, which they described as an attack on Freedom of Speech. 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.
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.
