A pro-Awami League organization has filed a $500 million defamation case with the US federal court in Michigan against Al Jazeera over a report, titled “All The Prime Minister’s Men,” that aired last month.                

Dr Rabbi Alam, Sher-e-Alam and Rizvi Alalm, on behalf of US unit of Bangabandhu Parishad and Bangabandhu Commission lodged the case at the 6th Circuit Court in Michigan.

Everyone connected to this defamatory report must be brought to justice, said the organization President Rabbi Alam at a press conference in New York on Monday.

According to the case statement, the Al Jazeera’s report has tarnished the image of Bangladesh disseminating “false and fabricated” information.

The accused in the lawsuit are Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Media Networks, British journalist David Bergman, Delwar Hossain, Hungary-based entrepreneur Zulkarnain Saer Khan, Kanak Sarwar and Iliyas Hossain.

BDST: 1728 HRS, MAR 02, 2021
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