Signatories including Joseph Stiglitz and Binayak Sen condemn the treatment of photojournalist Shahidul Alam
The arbitrary arrest by Bangladeshi police of Shahidul Alam,an internationally recognised photojournalist, has outraged the world community (Photographer arrested over provocative comments’, and 7 August; Editorial,9 August) and must be rectified immediately. This action is in serious breach of conventions of international human rights, including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, or the international covenant on civil and political rights,and the international covenant on economic, social and cultural rights.
Alam has been detained by the police. The one and only reason he was arrested is that he gave an interview to al-Jazeera in which he expressed views critical of the Bangladeshi regime’s brutal repression of public demonstrations in Dhaka, or had allegedly posted equally critical statements on Facebook.
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Source: theguardian.com