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.
You can read his letter and see more photographs here: Read More
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:
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:
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.
New Master on the way
Department of Journalism and Media Studies will start the development of a joint international master program in photojournalism. Read More
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.
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.