Bangladesh: Dismissal of court case against Shahidul Alam is welcome, but more progress needed on freedom of expression

Bangladesh: Dismissal of court case against Shahidul Alam is welcome, but more progress needed on freedom of expression

Responding to the decision by the Bangladesh High Court to dismiss the case filed in 2018 under the draconian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Act against photographer, social activist and Amnesty Prisoner of Conscience, Shahidul Alam, Amnesty International’s South Asia Research Director, Isabelle Lassee, said: “This outcome for Shahidul Alam was long overdue. Alam, whom we recognized to be a Prisoner of Conscience while detained, …