Free after 107 days

Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam was released from jail after more than 100 days behind bars this week. 

He has been under medical observation and is still going through check-ups, according to his colleagues in Pathshala, South Asian Media Institute in Dhaka. 

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OsloMet demands the release of Shahidul Alam

Shahidul Alam (third from the right) together with colleagues from Bangladesh during the DOK festival in Fredrikstad in 2015 (Photo: Jon Petter Evensen)

One of OsloMet’s international partners, Shahidul Alam, has been imprisoned. The university has now sent a letter to Bangladeshi authorities to demand his release. Read More

Letter to the Minister

Journalists and journalist organisations all over the world have written to the authorities in Bangladesh to protest the detention of Shahidul Alam.

Norwegian Press Photographers’ Association has addressed their letter to the Minister of Home Affairs, Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, Bangladesh Secretariat Dhaka:

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Editors ask for Shahidul Alam´s release

Shahidul Alam outside the hospital yesterday (Photo: Drik)

Association of Norwegian Editors has written to the Inspector General of Police, Mohammad Javed Patwary, at the Police Headquarters in Dhaka in Bangladesh: 

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JMIC partner detained in Bangladesh

Dr. Shahidul Alam, internationally renowned photographer, activist and founder of Drik and Pathshala South Asian Media Institute, was forcibly abducted from his house in Dhanmondi, Dhaka, after 10 pm on Sunday 5 August. Read More

Successful photo exhibition in Fredrikstad

Students from OsloMet presented highlights from their reportage project in China. A total of four institutions and 23 young photojournalists and students from China, Nepal, Bangladesh and Norway contributed to the exhibition.

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Egyptian photographer 1 Prize

Heba Khamis was interviewed by Daphné Anglés (Photo: Jon Petter Evensen)

The Egyptian photographer Heba Khamis won first prize in the Contemporary Issues Stories in the 2018 World Press Photo Contest in Amsterdam last week.

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Visualizing China

 

The Chinese/Bangladeshi/Nepali/Norwegian group of photo journalists and their teachers (Photo: Jiang Yao)

23 photojournalism students from China, Bangladesh, Nepal and Norway have just finished a seven week international documentary course in China.

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Visit from Ukraine

Vladislav Hruzynsky, Ellie Haworth, Dima Khilchenko and Gro Holm (to the right) (Photo: Jon Petter Evensen)

JMIC staff Jon Petter Evensen received two colleagues from Ukraine, News Editor Vladislav Hruzynsky and Digital Editor Dima Khilchenko last week.   Read More