Muktir Gaan
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Concert for Bangladesh
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Return of Whistle Blower from Exile
- Saleem Samad
- Toronto, Canada
- an Ashoka Fellow is a leading investigative journalist and specialises on ethnic conflict and Islamic terrorism in the region. A whistle-blower of the secret arrival of the remnants of the Jihadist fleeing Afghanistan after its NATO invasion. His articles in TIME magazine, Tehelka.com and Daily TIMES on the export of Jihadists with full knowledge of the Bangladesh security services invited him trouble. He was twice detained and tortured by military security service (DGFI). He was imprisoned in 2002 for making a documentary for British Channel 4 on the rise of home-grown Islamic vigilante and appalling religious freedom situation. His detention and torture by dreaded DGFI invited international uproar and was released in early 2003. After his release DGFI kept him under surveillance. In 2007 the military-controlled government unilaterally relieved him of sedition charges and two foreign journalists. He has co-authored books and published numerous articles on conflict, terrorism, forced migration and ethnic crisis. After 5 years of painful life in exile he has planned to return home soon. Presently he is living in exile in Canada and unable to return home in fear of persecution.
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