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A Struggle From Dawn to Dusk
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
Posted in Bangladesh, economy, exploitation, Global Issues, Human rights, Pathshala, Photography, Photojournalism
Tagged communication, Economy, exploitation, export, Garment Industry, justice, Law, media, minimum wages, Photography, Rights, Taslima Akhter, Visual Arts, Workers
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G20 photographer awarded £30,000 for injury by police
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
Posted in Human rights, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, security
Tagged G20, justice, Law, oppression, Photography, police, Rights, security
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Long March
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Day One Dhaka to Gazipur Bangladeshi citizens began a long march from Dhaka to Dinajpur to protect the country’s natural resources. The march began at Muktangon in Dhaka with a rally and the first day ended in … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Capitalism, Current News Photos, exploitation, Governance, Human rights, My Photo Essays, Photography, Photojournalism, politics, Shahidul Alam, South Asia
Tagged Capitalism, corruption, development, displacement, energy, Environment, Gas, land, Mining, Oil, protest, rally, Rights
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Power from the barrel of a lens
Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading
Posted in Colonialism, culture, exploitation, Global Issues, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Islam, media, Media issues, Photography, Photojournalism, Photojournalism issues, politics, security, Terrorism, Uncategorized, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, Afghanistan, CIA, privacy, propaganda, Rights, Soviet Union, Taliban, War, war on terror
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National ID Cards: In the Interest of Surveillance?
by rahnuma ahmed Official: “You ought to have some papers to show who you are.” Protagonist: “I do not need any papers. I know who I am.” Official: “Maybe so. But others are also interested in who you are.” – … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Governance, Rahnuma Ahmed, Technology
Tagged Bangladesh, biometrics, face, ID, Military, privacy, Rahnuma Ahmed, recognition, Rights, surveillance, voter
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‘The best years of my life’. Or, remittances earned
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed Amar jiboner sreshtho shomoita dilam. Amar joubon amake ke phirie debe? (I gave the best years of my life. Who will give me back my youth?) A Bangladeshi migrant. Paris, 2002. Bangladeshi workers resting in … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, exploitation, Human rights, Rahnuma Ahmed, South Asia
Tagged Migration, Rahnuma Ahmed, Remittances, Rights, Workers
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