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PROOF’s Award for the Emerging Photojournalist

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 6, 2012

Announcing PROOF’s Award for the Emerging Photojournalist  About the Award PROOF knows that emerging photojournalists want to do meaningful projects related to human rights and social justice issues but oftentimes don’t have the funds or connections to do so. For this reason, we’re … Continue reading →

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Banglarights.net revived

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 17, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Bangladesh Human Rights Portal revived After the highly successful workshop : “Learning rights to make a difference” conducted by Drik and Internews, the Bangladesh Human Rights Portal has been revived. With the ongoing training programme with World … Continue reading →

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A Struggle From Dawn to Dusk

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 25, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By ANDREA RICE Photographs by Taslima Akhter The garment industry is one of the largest industrial sectors in Bangladesh. It accounts for a good portion of the country’s exports and employs more than three million workers. Most of them … Continue reading →

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Fig leaf of ‘Press Freedom’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 20, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Fig leaf of ‘Press Freedom’ lifted from Murdoch press Cyril Pereira HONG KONG Sunday, 17 July, 2011 | THE BRUNEI TIMES A17 OPINION The Brunei Times What does that say about printed news in the Digi-logue era? … Continue reading →

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Attack on “Solidarity for Limon” rally

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 25, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The regular weekly “Solidarity for Limon” rally had been steadily attracting bigger crowds, despite the monsoon rains. The gathering this Friday the 24th June 2011 was especially large. The street plays were popular and since this was … Continue reading →

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The killer of my father

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 10, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews ‘The killer of my father, Salman Taseer, was showered with rose petals by fanatics. How could they do this?’ Thousands of Pakistanis showered rose petals on the assassin of Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab who sought … Continue reading →

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Shiv Viswanathan’s Letter to the PM

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 4, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews POSTED AT DECEMBER 30, 2010 // ARTICLES The email id to send messages to Dr. Binayak Sen on his birthday on 4th January 2011 is drkkgupta61@yahoo.com. The fax number to send him his birthday messages is 92- … Continue reading →

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G20 photographer awarded £30,000 for injury by police

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 10, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Owen Bowcott guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 7 December 2010 05.01 GMT A photographer who was struck in the face by a police shield during the G20 protests last year has been awarded £30,000 compensation by the Metropolitan police. … Continue reading →

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Traces of Absence

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 17, 2010

An exhibition of photographs by Shahidul Alam There is a wall running along a street. The writing on it is fragmented and cannot quite be made sense of. The image was taken in the middle of the night and a … Continue reading →

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Two Kinds of Death and the Unattended ‘National Wounds’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 10, 2010

By Saydia Gulrukh For the past few months, I have been preparing for an almost meaningless exam, one which graduate students in the US have to take, called ‘comps’ (short for comprehensive/PhD candidacy exam). During moments of sarcasm, we also … Continue reading →

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