Dhaka, Dec. 10 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus to release four journalists currently imprisoned in Bangladesh on what it claims are "baseless" murder charges.

The journalists are Farzana Rupa, Shakil Ahmed, Mozammel Babu, and Shyamal Dutta.

In a letter sent by email on Monday, the press freedom group wrote that the accusations against the four "lack credible evidence and appear to be in retaliation for their reporting and perceived political affiliations".

The letter also says the journalists' families' reports about the conditions at Kashimpur Prison, where the four currently are being kept, raises "serious human rights concerns".

"They are being held in tiny 36-square-foot (3....