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Live clips from opening of “Searching for Kalpana Chakma” at Drik Gallery

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TweetThe opening was very moving and there was a great turnout. Here are some live clips. The show is up till the 21st June. Don’t miss it. The show has also been featured in Time Magazine Tweet

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 13, 2013
Posted in Arts, Bangladesh, Drik and its initiatives, Human rights, Kalpana Chakma, Killings, Military, Photography, politics, Shahidul Alam, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Searching for Kalpana Chakma

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TweetA Photo-Forensic Study Part of the “No More” public awareness campaign of Drik. Let me ask a silly question, my partner Rahnuma had said. “But isn’t it all in your imagination?” Of course it was. The images I’d created, while … Continue reading →

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 8, 2013
Posted in Bangladesh, Drik and its initiatives, Genocide, Human rights, Kalpana Chakma, Killings, Law, Military, Occupation, Photography, politics, Shahidul Alam, South Asia, Violence | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

The U.S. Base on Diego Garcia: An Overlooked Atrocity

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Tweet By Sheldon Richman MWC News The largest criminal organizations in the world are governments. The bigger they are, the more capable of perpetrating atrocities. Not only do they obtain great wealth through compulsion (taxation), they also have an ideological mystique that … Continue reading →

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 5, 2013
Posted in exploitation, Global Issues, Human rights, Imperialism, politics, USA | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Reshma alive! After 17 days under rubble.

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Tweet Reshma pulled out alive: bdnews24.com Reshma, who was spotted alive under the debris of collapsed Rana Plaza on Friday afternoon was pulled out safely and rushed to Combined Military Hospital (CMH). She was miraculously located alive under the rubble after … Continue reading →

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 10, 2013
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, disasters, economy, Garments, Governance, Human rights, politics, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

A Final Embrace: The Most Haunting Photograph from Bangladesh

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TweetWords and photo by Taslima Ahkter in Time Many powerful photographs have been made in the aftermath of the devastating collapse of a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. But one photo, by Bangladeshi photographer Taslima Akhter, has … Continue reading →

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 8, 2013
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, disasters, Governance, Human rights, Pathshala, politics, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Are all telephone calls recorded and accessible to the US government?

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Tweet A former FBI counterterrorism agent claims on CNN that this is the case  by Glenn Greenwald Former FBI counterterrorism agent Tim Clemente, on CNN, discussing government’s surveillance capabilities Photograph: CNN screegrab The real capabilities and behavior of the US surveillance state are … Continue reading →

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 8, 2013
Posted in Capitalism, Censorship, culture, Governance, Human rights, New Media, politics, Science, security, surveillance, Technology, USA | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Bangladesh’s Worst Industrial Accident: Scenes From a Terrifying Tragedy

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Tweet Time Magazine WONG MAYE-E / APA Muslim priest leads a crowd in prayers offered to unclaimed bodies from the building that collapsed last week in preparation for a mass burial, May 1, 2013, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Tweet

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 6, 2013
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Corruption, disasters, economy, exploitation, Garments, Governance, Human rights, Photography, Photojournalism, politics, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Let me see the world just one more time

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TweetThey said I would need a mask. ‘The smell’ they said. It was five days into the accident. But it was no accident. A building built illegally, of faulty construction, showing signs of rupture, had been made their prison. It … Continue reading →

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 2, 2013
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Corruption, economy, exploitation, Garments, Governance, Human rights, Military, politics, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Inside Bangladesh’s garment factories: life and work in a dangerous industry

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Tweet By Homa Khalil The Guardian. Gazi Nafis Ahmed’s photographs of clothing factory workers in Bangladesh reveal some of the grinding poverty and ever-present dangers they face day after day. Nafis is an alumni of Pathshala South Asian Media Institute and … Continue reading →

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by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 1, 2013
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Corruption, economy, Garments, Governance, Human rights, politics, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment