Dhaka, June 29 -- The Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) has urged the Bangladesh government to honour its election pledge to withdraw politically motivated cases against journalists, calling for an immediate review of cases against four detained senior journalists.

In a statement on Jun 28, the international media organisation expressed deep concern over the continued detention of its Vice-President Shyamal Dutta, editor of Bhorer Kagoj, as well as Ekattor TV journalists Mozammel Haq Babu, Farzana Rupa and Shakil Ahmed.

The association said Shyamal is scheduled to appear before Bangladesh's High Court on Tuesday.

He faces multiple murder charges, which the CJA said it believes are "in retaliation for his journalism".

"We urge...