Quader-Arafat call reveals threat to shut TV channels during July Uprising, tribunal receives recording
From left Obaidul Quader and Mohammad A Arafat. Illustration: The prosecution has submitted a recorded phone conversation between ousted government's Road Transport and Bridges Minister and Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader and former Information State Minister Mohammad A Arafat to the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT). In the conversation, the two allegedly discussed threatening television channels with closure if they did not follow the government's instructions during the July movemen t.The prosecution will present arguments for the fourth consecutive day today (10 August) in the case against seven accused, including Obaidul Quader, over crimes against humanity.The phone conversation will be presented during the arguments before a three-member ICT-2, led by Justice Md Nazrul Islam Chowdhury. In the conversation, Quader says, "Those who do not listen, strict action against TV channels.. ."Arafat replies that two or three channels had been switched o...