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Shahidul Alam returns home

Bangladeshi photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam on Saturday said that he and the other Gaza flotilla participants were subjected to various forms of torture, mainly psychological ones, by the Israeli defence forces after...

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Shahidul freed, expected in Dhaka early today

Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, who was released by Israeli authorities on Friday, was expected to arrive in Dhaka from Istanbul in Turkey early hours today.  

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Plane carrying Shahidul Alam departs Israel for Turkey

A flight carrying renowned Bangladeshi photographer and human rights activist Shahidul Alam, among other passengers, departed from Israel for Turkey on Friday afternoon, according to the CA press wing.

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Israeli forces intercept flotilla vessel Conscience

The Israeli military on Wednesday morning intercepted ‘Conscience’ along with eight other flotilla vessels carrying mostly professionals and activists, including acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam, as they tried to break the Israeli blockade on Gaza...

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Conscience to reach ‘red zone’ this morning: Shahidul

Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer and rights activist Shahidul Alam, the lone Bangladeshi aboard the flotilla vessel Conscience, on Tuesday said that they were just 70 nautical miles from the ‘red zone’ on their way to Gaza and fearing arrest by the...

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Vessel Conscience waiting for smaller boats to join: Shahidul

Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam, the lone Bangladeshi aboard the flotilla vessel Conscience, on Monday said that they were waiting for smaller and slower boats to join them on their way to Gaza in a bid to break the Israeli siege of the Palestinian territory...

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Life on Conscience

EARLIER today we arranged a video conference with doctors in Gaza. It was very emotional for all of us on board Conscience. Both for the bravery of the people still providing services, as well as the knowledge of the cruelty they were facing. Dr Hanne Bosselaers on board Conscience broke down as she saw her former colleagues describing the attacks on the hospital...

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Boats nearing Gaza as group, says Shahidul Alam

Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam on Saturday said that the flotilla vessel Conscience, along with other boats of the Thousand Madleens, is now approaching Gaza together after uniting in the middle of the sea in a bid to break the Israeli  blockade...

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Shahidul Alam voices resolution to reach Gaza

Acclaimed Bangladeshi photographer and activist Shahidul Alam said on Thursday afternoon that they continued to sail amid inclement weather as well as intimidation to Gaza with ‘Conscience’ vessel, the largest one in the Global  Media Flotilla, although all of the...

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Shahidul Alam departs Dhaka to join Gaza-bound media flotilla

Ekushey Padak-winning photographer and Drik managing director Shahidul Alam departed Dhaka for Italy on Sunday to join the Global Media Flotilla, a part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s mission to Gaza — the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territory.

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Photographer Shahidul Alam to join Gaza-bound Media Flotilla

Bangladeshi photographer, activist and founder of Drik, Shahidul Alam, will join the Media Flotilla as a part of Freedom Flotilla Coalition, a global coalition formed to highlight the inhumanity of the illegal Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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HC quashes ICT case against Shahidul Alam

The High Court on Thursday quashed the long-pending case filed under widely criticised section 57 of the now-repealed Information and Communication Technology Act 2006 against acclaimed photographer and activist Shahidul Alam...

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My barber, food prices and why there is still hope

THE optics were poor. Until recently, the new government hadn’t been able to tame the rising prices of essentials. The injured were still woefully neglected and there was rising insecurity. The government had set up reform commissions in key sectors and the commissions were hard at work. In time one hopes they would yield results. Long term planning does matter but...

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HC suspends probe into case against Shahidul Alam

The High Court of Bangladesh has suspended the investigation into a case filed against internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam under Section 57 of the Information and Communication Technology Act.

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What’s in a selfie?

SELFIES are not my speciality. I also tend to avoid weddings, birthday parties or tourist spots. On the other hand, complete strangers handing me their mobile phone and asking me to take a photo, I can cope with. I’ve even saved a few tourists from potential disaster as they risked life and limb to take a picture of themselves in a precarious ‘I was there’ moment...