Shahidul Alam
Aug 21, 2019
3 minutes
SUBI SHAH IS A BROADCASTER AND JOURNALIST FOR THE BBC, THE VOICE AND LBC RADIO.
It’s warm enough to eat al fresco and the cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Petals drift slowly, silently across the garden. My guest, multi-award-winning Bangladeshi photojournalist Shahidul Alam, takes a deep breath and remarks, ‘It’s so good, being outside!’
In November 2018, Alam was released from prison, having served over 100 days in Dhaka Central Jail.
His crime? Documenting and then openly criticizing the government-sanctioned
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