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

[anupam chakravartty]

Photographer Shahidul Alam spends 6hrs in BSF custody:

http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=87461&cid=2

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Bangladeshi-photographer-held--crossing--Indo-Bangla-border/477648

Two versions of the same story. However, if as per the BSF officials are
claiming that Alam crossed over in the Dhubri sector, which is also my home
district, the Brahmaputra river is itself the border. during the floods
immigrant bangladeshis in connivance of BSF and BDR enter India on boats
carrying pineapples from across the border. the no man's land mentioned in
both of the reports is actually river brahmaputra.

thanks anupam


On 6/17/09, Santhosh Kumar <santhosh.kanipayur at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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