Dhaka, Dec. 15 -- The Editors' Council on Monday strongly condemned the filing of a case under the Anti-Terrorism Act against journalist Anis Alamgir, alleging that he was summoned to the Detective Branch (DB) office without any specific allegation.

In a statement, Editors' Council President Nurul Kabir and General Secretary Dewan Hanif Mahmud said Anis Alamgir was called to the DB office on Sunday without any allegation, detained there, and shown arrested the following day after a case was filed against him under the Anti-Terrorism Act.

Such actions, the statement said, revive the memories of state repression against journalists during past authoritarian regimes.

The Editors' Council mentioned that similar practices were seen during t...