[Reader-list] Shahidul Alam detained by Indian Border Security Force

[Pawan Durani]

Hard to believe .....

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Shun-Ling Chen <schen at law.harvard.edu>wrote:

> http://unheardvoice.net/blog/2009/06/16/shahidul-alam-detained-by-indian
> -border-security-force/
>
> Dr Shahidul Alam, well-known photographer, and founder Drik, was
> detained by Indian Border Security Forces while working on the
> Bangladesh side of the border on his Brahmaputra project. He called me
> at 18:21 pm to tell me that the guards had asked him to come over, and
> then detained him at Sahapara 21 IPP, across the border from Rowmari.
> His two colleagues are on the Bangladeshi side of the border, and can't
> get to him.
>
> Please contact Home and Foreign Ministry officials requesting that they
> do all possible to get him released immediately. It is worth mentioning
> that the Indian BSF have detained and killed many innocent Bangladeshis
> in recent years, in the border areas.
>
> http://www.mediahelpingmedia.org/content/view/387/1/
> News - South Asia
> By David Brewer
> Tuesday, 16 June 2009
>
> Reports from Bangladesh say that Shahidul Alam, the photo journalist,
> blogger and founder of the Drik picture network has been detained by
> Indian border security forces while working on the Bangladesh side of
> the border.
>
> In a message to this site from Dhaka, Alam's partner says he was working
> on a multimedia project about the Brahmaputra with two colleagues when
> border guards took him awa
>
> There are now fears for Alam's safety and supporters are calling on the
> international community to push for his release.
>
> The last message from Shahidul Alam came through at !8:21 on Tuesday 16
> June when he called home to say that border security guards had asked
> him to come over to the Indian side of the border where they detained
> him at Sahapara 21 IPP, across the border from Rowmari.
>
> His two colleagues are on the Bangladeshi side of the border, and can't
> get to him.
>
> At the time Alam was working on the Bangladesh end of the river
> Brahmaputra project. He had travelled to Kurigram with two Drik
> colleagues to take photos, video and stills.
>
> Contact has been made with a number of local and international media
> organisations and government officials, including the Indian High
> Commission.
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