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

[Santhosh Kumar]

it is hard to believe that you will believe....

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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