I am unable to individually thank all the people who stood by me in those dark days, but I hope you will accept the heartfelt appreciation by me and the many others who were at the forefront of the fight to get me released. The case still stands and I face a potential maximum sentence of fourteen years. So the fight to drop the case must continue.
Shahidul Alam says he was not allowed to have a lawyer, despite his demands. And that he was beaten by his captors who wanted to coerce him into giving a statement. Video via Arfun A. #freeshahidulpic.twitter.com/Y57PatOVAY
11 Nobel Laureates and 17 Eminent Citizens call for the Unconditional Release of Dr Shahidul Alam of Bangladesh. To read the full statement please visit: https://t.co/Rq5IVU0sRipic.twitter.com/LgFkOadXE0
CPJ calls on Bangladeshi authorities to halt widespread attacks on journalists covering student protests in #Dhaka and to release photographer @Shahidul Alam from jail.
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has issued a statement in support of veteran Bangladeshi photographer and photography instructor Shahidul Alam.#FreeShahidulAlam report by Ushinor Majumdar https://t.co/BTFjC3xo58
Free Shahidul Alam. Yesterday, Arundhati Roy, Eve Ensler, Naomi Klein, Noam Chomsky and I released this statement. We hope that @sheikhhasina will pay attention to the worldwide condemnation of the arrest and detention of Bangladesh’s celebrated photographer and teacher. pic.twitter.com/HKEzPhkWCm
Glad to hear Foreign Office are raising human rights abuses w/ authorities in Bangladesh in response to my #freeShahidulAlam letter to minister @MarkFieldUK One wonders if repressive government feels more able to get away with stuff now eyes of the world diverted to Rohinga pic.twitter.com/Jbd6eFjxKr
Arundhati Roy pens a letter to photographer and cultural activist Shahidul Alam, 63, who has been behind bars for over 100 days. https://t.co/KX5xi5qqIY
Renowned Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam (front 3L), 63, is seen in a hospital in Dhaka on August 8, 2018. – An award-winning photographer who accused Bangladesh officers of assaulting him after his arrest during major protests in Dhaka was back in police custody after a medical checkup, an official said on August 8. Shahidul Alam, 63, was detained by plainclothes police at his home Sunday after giving an interview to Al Jazeera about the student demonstrations, an arrest which drew condemnation from international rights groups. (Photo by – / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)
Time Magazine Person of the Year 2018. A photographer, writer, curator and activist, Shahidul Alam obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. His seminal work “The Struggle for Democracy” contributed to the removal of General Ershad. Former president of the Bangladesh Photographic Society, Alam set up the Drik agency, Chobi Mela festival and Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute, considered one of the finest schools of photography in the world.
Shown in MOMA New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Royal Albert Hall and Tate Modern, Alam has been guest curator of Whitechapel Gallery, Winterthur Gallery and Musee de Quai Branly. His awards include Mother Jones, Shilpakala Award and Lifetime Achievement Award at the Dali International Festival of Photography.
Speaker at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford and Cambridge universities, TEDx, POPTech and National Geographic, Alam chaired the international jury of the prestigious World Press Photo contest. Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society, Alam is visiting professor of Sunderland University in UK and advisory board member of National Geographic Society.
John Morris, the former picture editor of Life Magazine describes his book “My journey as a witness”, (listed in “Best Photo Books of 2011” by American Photo), as “The most important book ever written by a photographer.”
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