Free Shahidul Alam
Bangladesh High Commission, London. Fri 10 Aug 2018
Peeople pose with posters calling for the false charges against Shadidul
Alam to be dropped and for him to
be released. The well-known photographer and founder of Drik and Majority
World agencies in Dhaka was
seized from his home by police shortly after giving an interview with
Al Jazeera over Skype in which he
criticised the Bangladesh government's handling of students protesting
about road safety.
A young girl holds a poster 'Free My Nana' (Grandad) with other family
members
Shaidul Alam also founded the Pathshala school of photography, arguably
the world's leading school for
photojournalists. Among those calling for his release were a number
of photographers.
Shahidul Alam was badly beaten up in jail and could hardly walk when
he was brought to court
Members of his family speak at the protest vigil
Many of the students are also still in jail