Dhaka, May 5 -- Information Adviser Md Mahfuj Alam on Monday urged the media to refrain from supporting or shaping public opinion in favour of any fascist regime.

He made the call while addressing a seminar titled "Journalist Killings and Repression under Fascist Regimes" at the Press Information Department in Dhaka, marking World Press Freedom Day-2025.

Criticising the past 15 years of Awami League (AL) rule, the adviser alleged that the former government used the media to manufacture consent for enforced disappearances, abductions, extrajudicial killings, rape and other crimes.

"The AL created media institutions with ill motives, and the licensing of media outlets under the previous regime will now be investigated," he said.

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